34987
Accession Number
24508
Title Of Article Chaper
New analyses of Old Babylonian metalwork from Tell Sifr
Title Of Journal Book
Iraq
Volume
50
Pages
39-48
Collation
6 figs., 1 table
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The paper includes technical information, drawings, and chemical analyses of 11 copper alloy items from the hoard, plus analyses of three comparison ingots from elsewhere. The analyses indicate that tin was used sparingly and when used to make bronze, was applied where a hard cutting edge (e.g. for tools) was needed. Unalloyed copper was the general metal used for tools and fittings. The trace element pattern is of low silver and antimony and relatively high iron and cobalt. A pure copper ingot was included in the analyses, all of which were done by atomic absorption. -- AATA
Keywords
Copper Alloy;Copper Metallurgy Iraq;Copper Atomic absorption Spectroscopy;Tool Copper Babylon; Tell Sifr site (Iraq) Metalwork Babylonian AATA
pub_id
34987