A small closet dating back to the end of the Bronze Age (fig. 1) was discovered below the paved floor of the terrace in the Albucciu Nuraghe of Arzachena.

Fig. 1 - Nuraghe Albucciu (from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Nuraghe_Albucciu.jpg).

Inside an olla, covered by a bowl, there were fragments of copper ingots from votive swords, and of other unclassifiable items (figs. 2, 3).

The olla was a commonly used pot, mostly made in terracotta or stone, with a wide, usually globular body and a narrow spout, with or without handles, used for cooking or storing food; sometimes the olla was used as a funerary urn to contain the ashes of the deceased.

Fig. 2 - Detail of the closet (from ANTONA RUJU, FERRARESE CERUTI, 1992, p. 51, fig. 21).

Fig. 3 - Double handled Olla with covering bowl found on the terrace and containing fragments of Aegean-type ingots, Panelle and votive swords (from ANTONA RUJU, FERRARESE CERUTI, 1992, p. 50, fig. 20).

The material, almost certainly destined to be melted, documents the involvement in trade of the Nuraghic community linked to the Albucciu complex (fig. 4).

Fig. 4 - Cretan Cypriot ingot (from https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTT4l5Z2IM3adLIh3cjqAOeMlnP6Xc38XQubPdK8NbjfCYxYrUc).

The finding is on display in the Nuraghic hall of the National Museum G.A. Sanna of Sassari.