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Robert Maddin, courtesy Dr. Vassos Karageorghis, Episkopi Museum, Cyprus
Two fragmentary tuyeres, or hollow clay nozzles through which blasts of air entered a Late Bronze Age furnace, flank a crucible fragment. Industrial debris like this found at Bamboula on Cyprus is often discovered during the course of an excavation; it is evidence that some metallurgical operation was conducted at the site, probably involving the melting and casting of copper or bronze.