Based on metallogical examination, 20 lead-tin bronze and 2 brass artifacts (around 75 B.C.-25 A.D) from the ruins of Timna, South Arabia, were cast by the lost wax process. There was 1 wrought and annealed copper artifact. The copper was produced from sulfide ores and the alloys were made by smelting intentional mixtures of copper and tin or copper and zinc ores. The Timna metalsmiths did not intentionally produce any standard alloys or use similar alloys for certain types of artifacts. The use of brass prior to to the Roman -- AATA