Copper-based implements of a newly identified culture in Yemen

Giumlía-Mair, Alessandra; Keall, Edward J.; Stock, Susan; Shugar, Aaron

doi:10.1016/s1296-2074(99)00116-8

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“…Some evidence for their general contemporaneity with Monumental Phase 1 is provided by the discovery of typologically similar metal artefacts at Sabir in Yemen, which have been radiocarbon dated to c . 1400 to 900 bc (Giumlia‐Mair et al . 2000, 42).…”

Section: Copper‐base Artefacts From Al‐midammanmentioning

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“…2002, 196, 206–7; Keall 2004, 53). However, the difficulties of the typological approach to the al‐Midamman artefacts have been discussed (Giumlia‐Mair et al 2002, 207), and additional efforts to broadly date the metal artefacts based upon their composition are, as noted by Giumlia‐Mair et al . (2000, 42), difficult to verify without a detailed knowledge of the local developmental sequence of copper alloying in southern Arabia, a field of study that is in its infancy.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Artefacts from the metal cache under the standing stones in area HWB have previously been studied using a combination of compositional and metallographic analyses (Giumlia‐Mair et al 2000, 2002; Shugar not dated a, not dated b). Initial compositional analyses were undertaken using a combination of inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP‐AES), wavelength‐dispersive spectrometry (WDS) on an electron microprobe, energy‐dispersive spectrometry (EDS) on a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X‐ray diffraction (XRD).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Lead Isotope Analyses of Bronze Age Copper‐base Artefacts From Al‐midamman, Yemen: Towards the Identification of an Indigenous Metal Production and Exchange System in the Southern Red Sea Region*

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The results of the lead isotope analysis (LIA) of 15 copper-base artefacts from the Bronze Age site of al-Midamman, Yemen, are reported. The LIA data suggest the existence of an indigenous Bronze Age metal production and exchange system centred on the southern Red Sea region, distinct from those in neighbouring regions of Arabia and the Levant. These preliminary results are highly significant for the archaeology of the region, suggesting that local prehistoric copper extraction sites have thus far gone unrecorded, and highlighting the need for systematic archaeometallurgical fieldwork programmes in the countries surrounding the southern Red Sea.

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Lead Isotope Analyses of Bronze Age Copper‐base Artefacts From Al‐midamman, Yemen: Towards the Identification of an Indigenous Metal Production and Exchange System in the Southern Red Sea Region*

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“…Very few archaeometallurgical studies on South Arabian objects have been performed to date (Salmon 1969), and hardly any extensive analytical programmes have been carried out that deal with southwestern Omanite or Yemenite metallic finds. Only a few studies have been published, all concerning objects far earlier than the period of the South Arabian kingdoms (Giumlia-Mair et al 2000, 2002Weeks et al 2009). In this paper, the results of investigations on bronze fragments from inscribed basins are reported.…”

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Ancient Metallurgy at Sumhuram (Sultanate of Oman): Technical Aspects of Raised Inscriptions on South Arabian Bronzes

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This paper focuses on the identification of alloys and the manufacturing techniques used for inscribed bronze vessels from Sumhuram (modern Khor Rori, Sultanate of Oman). A group of 19 fragments (dating back to the first to second century ad), thought to belong to the same inscribed vessel, were investigated with the aim of identifying the manufacturing process. The fragments were analysed by scanning electron microscopy with both energy‐dispersive spectroscopy (SEM–EDS) and micro‐Raman probe, flame atomic absorption spectroscopy (FAAS), as well as X‐ray diffractometry (XRD). The results indicate that these fragments belong to different artefacts that all consist of leaded bronze. However, three different groups were identified on the basis of the composition and microstructure of the fragments. The fragments bearing inscriptions were produced by lost‐wax casting with the ‘wax‐thread moulding’ technique (in which each letter is shaped separately with segments of wax lace on the sheet of the wax model).

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Copper-based implements of a newly identified culture in Yemen

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

Lead Isotope Analyses of Bronze Age Copper‐base Artefacts From Al‐midamman, Yemen: Towards the Identification of an Indigenous Metal Production and Exchange System in the Southern Red Sea Region*

Lead Isotope Analyses of Bronze Age Copper‐base Artefacts From Al‐midamman, Yemen: Towards the Identification of an Indigenous Metal Production and Exchange System in the Southern Red Sea Region*

Ancient Metallurgy at Sumhuram (Sultanate of Oman): Technical Aspects of Raised Inscriptions on South Arabian Bronzes

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