Four Iron Age Silver Hoards from Southern Phoenicia: From Bundles to Hacksilber

Iron Age silver in the Levant has attracted scholarly attention regarding its function as currency. Scholars debate whether hacksilber can be interpreted as representing a pre-monetary economic system, using pre-portioned silver exchanged in standardized weights, which inspired the invention of coin...

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Authors: Eshel, Tzilla (Author) ; Erel, Yigal (Author) ; Gilboa, Ayelet (Author) ; Šālêw, Śarîʾēl ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author) ; Tirosh, Ofir (Author) ; Yahalom-Mack, Naama (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of Chicago Press 2018
In: Bulletin of ASOR
Year: 2018, Issue: 379, Pages: 197-228
RelBib Classification:HH Archaeology
KBL Near East and North Africa
TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East
Further subjects:B hacksilber
B Hoards
B Silver
B Iron Age
B mixing
B Currency
B hacked ingots
B Forgery
B Phoenicia
B XRF
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