40069
Accession Number
839
Title Of Article Chaper
A survey of the composition and fabrication of bronze artifacts from Hajar Bin Humeid
Title Of Journal Book
Hajar Bin Humeid. Investigations at a pre-Islamic site in South Arabia
Pages
373-386
Publisher
The John Hopkins Press
Publisher City
Baltimore
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Thirty-three metallic fragments were examined. Ten were completely mineralized. Twenty-three were cross-sectioned before sampling, two were sampled without cross-sectioning and the samples analyzed by X-ray spectrography. All analyzed objects were of copper alloyed with tin/lead but eleven objects were too corroded to yield reliable data on the original composition. Ten objects were examined metallographically. Some evidence for systematic alloying is found. Most objects were cast. Two objects were cold-worked andannealed, one of which (H 667 stratum E) gives evidence of being manufactured of drawn wire.
Keywords
Bronze, alloy; bronze, metallography; bronze, technology working; bronze, analysis ICCROM -- ICCROM
pub_id
40069