Hi! Could you be a little more precise as far as the publication
information? I am familiar with a number of books that have the
approximate title that you mention but not the exact title. Can you
identify the publisher and year, and the title of the paper by Shalev
and the pages?
Thanks,
Mike Notis
Lehigh University
Bethlehem,PA 18015 USA
>Well,
>Thilo Rehren was kind enough to arrange purchase of the book "The
>beginnings of
>Metallurgy" and in it was the paper by Dr. Shalev on the Nahal Mishmar hoard
>find. I'm no archeologist and actually have very little advanced
>schooling, but
>was curios as to the casting techniques and finish work after the casting.
>
>The castings pictured in the paper seemed a bit rough and it reads like a
>mixture of dung, grog and clay was used to coat the wax model. I
>have done some
>"native" casting and I found it much better to use a fine clay mix. The finer
>the clay slurry the better the transfer of detail and it would seem to me that
>the ancients would have known this. A dip in the slurry seems to pick up more
>detail then brushing it on. I have not seen any original casting molds and do
>not know if the slurry layer immediately surrounding the wax (or whatever the
>positive would have been) would survive the passage of time or what
>tests would
>show composition.
>
>Also I was wondering if the casting was cleaned with abrasives (grit in an
>oiled cloth) or files or scrapped clean of casting residue.
>My last question involved burnishing of the surface -- i.e. was abrasive used
>to bring out a bright finish or was the artifact planished and burnished?
>
>I have no idea how much can be known, how much was recorded or how much
>reproduction knowledge has been accumulated. I do know that I am very pleased
>that such experimental investigations are being done. Someday I would like to
>take part in them.
>
>Richard Furrer
>Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
>USA
>
>Aaron Shugar wrote:
>
> > Richard,
> >
> > I would hope that I am not the only one that would also be interested in
> > the questions you have about the re-casting of the Nahal Mishmar metal
> > objects.
> >
> > would you mind posing your questions to the group?
> >
> > Aaron Shugar
> > Institute of Archaeology
> > University College London
> > London, WC1H 0PY
> >
> > At 11:13 AM 4/18/00 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Hello all,
> > >I have just read Sariel Shalev's article on recasting the Nahal Mishmar
> > hoard finds
> > >and have a few questions. Is Sariel on the list or could someone aid me in
> > more
> > >personal communications?
> > >
> > >Richard Furrer
> > >
> > >
> > >
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