37258
Accession Number
18787
Title Of Article Chaper
Metallurgical analyses of some weapons from Tell el Ajjul
Title Of Journal Book
Levant
Volume
16
Pages
167-170
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Quantitative atomic absorption analyses of seven weapons showed that two EB-MB daggers were composed of arsenical copper, as was one MBII dagger. A javelin was a tin bronze (6.8% tin), two arrowheads were copper, and a third arrowhead was arsenical copper. -- AATA
Keywords
Bronze analysis;Bronze metallurgy;Element Copper; Element Arsenic; Element Tin;Atomic absorption analysis;Analy; Weapon dagger; Weapon javelin; Tell el Ajjul;Middle East AATA
pub_id
37258