The Source of Southern Levantine Hellenistic Silver and Lead

Tzilla Eshel; Gideon Hadas; Asaf Oron; Irina Segal; Ofir Tirosh; Yehiel Zelinger

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-27330-8_55

The Source of Southern Levantine Hellenistic Silver and Lead

Tzilla Eshel, Gideon Hadas, Asaf Oron, Irina Segal, Ofir Tirosh, Yehiel Zelinger

Department of Archaeology

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A silver bowl, which dates to the early second century BCE, and eight samples of leaded bronzes dating to early first century BCE, were analyzed for chemical and lead-isotopic analysis. Results suggest that the metals originated from various Aegean ores, including Laurion and Chalkidiki and/or Thasos. The results therefore suggest that multiple Greek ores supplied silver and lead to the southern Levant throughout the Hellenistic period (second and early first centuries BCE). It is further suggested that Laurion was a significant source of lead to the southern Levant in the early first century BCE. A larger database is needed to further establish these suggestions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	1287-1301
Number of pages	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27330-8_55
State	Published - 2023

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Name	Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
Volume	2023
ISSN (Print)	1568-2722

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Keywords

Hellenistic period
Laurion
Leaded bronze
Levant
Silver
Wine-drinking set

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Archaeology

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