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SOURCES OF THE QUARTZITE OF SOME ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SCULPTURES
Author(s) -
STROSS F. H.,
HAY R. L.,
ASARO F.,
BOWMAN H. R.,
MICHEL H. V.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1988.tb00439.x
Subject(s) - sculpture , archaeology , geology , ancient history , geography , history
This article reports the results of analysis of samples collected from some Egyptian quartzite artifacts. such as statuary, dating from the New Kingdom. Most of the artifacts are located in Upper Egypt, but the results of analysis suggest that, until the middle of the fourteenth century B.C., the quartzite came from a more distant quarry near Cairo rather than from the quartzite quarries located near Aswan in Upper Egypt.