19280
Accession Number
33707
Author
Gale, N.H.; Stos-Fertner, S.
Title Of Article Chaper
Lead isotope composition of Egyptian artifacts
Title Of Journal Book
MASCA journal
Volume
1978
Issue
1
Pages
19-20
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Lead isotope ratio results are summarized for galena samples from Egypt (both ancient excavated samples and modern ones) and from Arabia. Similar results are summarized for silver and lead artifacts. There is no evidence of the silver in ancient Egypt coming from an internal source, though a foreign alternative cannot yet be identified. Lead was apparently sought from far afield, and a trade link to Laurion, in Greece, is especially convincing.
Keywords
Isotope, lead; Lead, history; Silver, history; Glass, lead; Silver, analysis -- ICCROM
pub_id
19280