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ingot
Object Type
ingot
Museum number
1897,0401.1535
Description
Copper oxhide-shaped ingot; mark comprising a semi-circle enclosing a horizontal line with two intersecting perpendicular lines to one end impressed on surface towards one edge.
Cultures/periods
Late Cypriot III
Production date
1200BC-1050BC
Production place
Made in:
Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Turner Bequest Excavations, Enkomi
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Enkomi
(foundry hoard)
Materials
copper
Technique
cast
impressed
Dimensions
Length:
70.50 centimetres
Weight:
36.92 kilograms
Thickness:
5.20 centimetres
Width:
41.50 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Sampled and elemental analyses undertaken by Scientific Research.
Bibliographic references
Bronze / Catalogue of the Bronzes in the British Museum. Greek, Roman & Etruscan.
(113)
Catling 1964 / Cypriot Bronzework in the Mycenaean World
(P267, No.1)
Murray, Smith and Walters 1900 / Excavations in Cyprus
(p. 15,17, Fig. 25)
Muhly, Maddin & Wheeler 1980 / Late Bronze Age copper smelting in Cyprus
(Pp. 84-99)
Crewe 2009 / Enkomi
(F.85)
Location
On display
(G72/dc17)
Acquisition name
From:
Turner Bequest Excavations, Enkomi
Funder name
Funded by:
Emma Tourner Turner
(bequest)
Acquisition date
1897
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1897,0401.1535
Conservation
Treatment
: 19 Nov 2012