An Iron Age bronze axe was found in Motya (Sicily, Italy) in a prehistoric layer dating from the 10th century BC underneath the 4th century BC patrician residency known as “Casa dei mosaici”. The axe belongs to the double-looped socketed type well known in central Mediterranean in the time span 1200-900 BC, and it is comparable with some coeval Sardinian specimens. The bronze has been characterised using the backscattering electron signal of a SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) and EDX (Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy). The resulting composition of the metal alloy is Cu-Sn-As with an addition of Pb in some specific spots.
A Sardinian early 1st millennium BC bronze axe from Motya / Nigro, Lorenzo; Montanari, Daria; Mura, Francesco; Bernabale, Martina; DE VITO, Caterina; Maria Niveau-de-Villedary, Ana. - In: VICINO ORIENTE. - ISSN 2724-587X. - XXIV:(2020), pp. 57-74.
A Sardinian early 1st millennium BC bronze axe from Motya
Lorenzo Nigro;Daria Montanari
;Francesco Mura;Martina Bernabale;Caterina De Vito;
2020
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An Iron Age bronze axe was found in Motya (Sicily, Italy) in a prehistoric layer dating from the 10th century BC underneath the 4th century BC patrician residency known as “Casa dei mosaici”. The axe belongs to the double-looped socketed type well known in central Mediterranean in the time span 1200-900 BC, and it is comparable with some coeval Sardinian specimens. The bronze has been characterised using the backscattering electron signal of a SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope) and EDX (Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy). The resulting composition of the metal alloy is Cu-Sn-As with an addition of Pb in some specific spots.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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