You might find something useful in the following report:
Pollard, A.M. ‘Results of analysis of Ottoman metalwork’, in
Petsopoulos, Y. (ed.), ‘Tulips, Arabesques and Turbans - Decorative
Arts of the Ottoman Empire’, Alexandria Press, London, 1982.
Best wishes
Mark
On Tue, 18 May 1999 17:38:46 +0100 Kerstin Eckstein
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> Dear all,
>
> I have currently been looking at the
> composition of (supposedly)
> Islamic mortars from Afghanistan. Most
> of them have > 50% Cu, between 7 and 25%
> Pb, 2...8% Sn, 1...9% Zn, 0.1...1% As,
> Sb, and Fe and traces of Ag, Co, Ni
> and Bi (RFA-analysis). I understood this
> is the "usual" composition of that
> sort of material as far as can be judged
> from published analysis (Craddock et
> al., Brass in the Medieval Islamic
> World, Brit. Mus. Occ. Paper 50,
> revised 1998). Furthermore, there are
> finds with around 65% Cu, 28% Zn, 4% Pb,
> remaining elements see above, which
> accordingly would not be typical at
> all. I am trying to put my data in a
> more general context. Who has encountered
> comparable material? I would very much
> appreciate any information about mortars
> or other heavy cast vessels of roughly
> similar date and origin, published or
> unpublished. Thanks in advance.
> Kerstin
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Department of Archaeological Sciences
University of Bradford
Bradford BD7 1DP
UK
Tel +44 (0)1274 233530
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