Sariel,
you are certainly aware that these ingots from Kinneret were analysed in my
lab at Bochum?!
Andreas Hauptmann
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Von: Sariel Shalev [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Gesendet am: Sunday, June 23, 2002 11:06 AM
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Thanks, that I know. Unfortunately, they are all different in shape and
composition from the Tel Kinerot ones. I am looking for flat disc shaped
ingots made of tin bronze.
Thanks again, Sariel.
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From: "Gale" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Arch-Metals Group" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: Bronze Ingots
> Just as a start there were copper bun ingots also from the Cape Gelidonya
> shipwreck, from LBA Sardinia, from various Aegean sites such as Mycenae
and
> the Arkhalokori Cave in Crete, from underwater wrecks off the coast of
> Israel (Galili et al.) - and this is just to scratch the surface.
> Noel Gale.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sariel Shalev" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 9:29 AM
> Subject: Bronze Ingots
>
>
> Dear colleagues, recently, I did some metallurgical and metallographic
> analyses on several bronze ingots that came from a non stratigraphic zone
at
> the foot of Tel Kinrot, the Sea of Galilee, Israel.
>
> They are disc shaped, weighing circa 2kg each and are 170mm in diameter
and
> circa 20mm thick. They all have an as-cast dendritic bronze structure and
> are made of (according to WDS analyses) Cu + 2-4wt%Sn, and: 0.3%As;
0.1%Fe;
> 0.08%Sb; circa0.3%Pb&S.
>
> The best relative typologically similar ingots, I know, are from the cargo
> of Cape Gelidonya L.B. shipwreck and L.B. Tel Hazor, both, plano-convex in
> shape and made of unalloyed copper.
> I wonder if any of you experts happened to come upon something similar to
> our disc shaped bronze ingots in other parts of the world and/or other
> periods.
>
> Any additional data will be most appreciable.
>
> Many thanks in advance, Sariel Shalev.
>
>
>
> >>> [log in to unmask] 06/20/02 05:30PM >>>
> Surely somebody must have been doing interesting work that they'd share
with
> the rest of us.
> How about sending a contribution for the Archaeometallurgy Section of the
> Historical Metallurgy Newsletter?
> I'd be pleased to hear of any field/lab/desk-based work, completed or
> ongoing.
> All I'm asking is for a paragraph or two and am very happy to receive
> contributions by email
> Looking forward to hearing from you all in the near future...
> Dave
>
>
> David Starley PhD
> Science Officer
>
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> Conservation Dept.
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>
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