On Early Bronze Age Copper Bar Ingots from the Southern Levant

We report on late Early Bronze Age (crescent-shaped) copper bar ingots from Khirbat Hamra Ifdan, Fay nan, Jordan, from Har Yeruham in the central Negev, and from a stray find hoard from the Hebron Hills. All these ingots are composed of pure copper, with remarkably constant phase content and texture...

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Published in:Bulletin of ASOR
Authors: Hauptmann, Andreas (Author) ; Begemann, Friedrich (Author) ; Evy, Thomas E. L. (Author) ; Schmitt-Strecker, Sigrid (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of Chicago Press 2015
In: Bulletin of ASOR
RelBib Classification:HB Old Testament
HH Archaeology
KBL Near East and North Africa
Further subjects:B INGOTS
B Negev (Israel)
B Copper
B Jordan
B Bronze Age
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