A cargo of lead ingots from a shipwreck off Ashkelon, Israel 11th–13th centuries AD

Ehud Galili; Baruch Rosen; Sarah Arenson; Yoram Nir-El; David Jacoby

doi:10.1111/1095-9270.12365

A cargo of lead ingots from a shipwreck off Ashkelon, Israel 11th–13th centuries AD

Ehud Galili, Baruch Rosen, Sarah Arenson, Yoram Nir-El, David Jacoby

Zinman Institute of Archaeology

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Abstract

Shipwreck cargo of lead ingots, some marked, discovered off Tel Ashkelon, weighed about four tonnes. C14 analysis of charred wood from an ingot dated it to the 11th–13th centuries AD, Crusader times. Lead isotopic ratios provenanced the ingots to Mont-Lozère, France. Various aspects of the lead trade are discussed, including: lead sources, extraction, casting, lead in the international maritime trade, weight units in medieval trade, prices, transportation, sale and storage, lead cargo and ballast, reconstruction of the wrecking event, salvage after the vessel was wrecked, Ashkelon as a trading coastal town in the 11th–13th centuries AD, and the possible destination of the cargo.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	453-465
Number of pages	13
Journal	International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
Volume	48
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/1095-9270.12365
State	Published - 2019

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© 2019 The Authors. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology © 2019 The Nautical Archaeology Society.

Keywords

Cairo Geniza
Crusader Period
Metal trade
salvage
underwater archaeology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oceanography
History
Archaeology
Paleontology

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