The article provides a study on the modes of circulation of precious items (ingots, ceremonial weapons, bracelets) within and outside of the royal court of Ebla, roughly in the middle of third millennium BCE. The focus is on the patterns of redistribution of precious metal, also hidden in the form of decorations attached to movable items, and on the standardization of artefacts as a mean to hoard silver and gold.

Decorative Parts and Precious Artefacts at Ebla

MAIOCCHI Massimo
2010-01-01

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The article provides a study on the modes of circulation of precious items (ingots, ceremonial weapons, bracelets) within and outside of the royal court of Ebla, roughly in the middle of third millennium BCE. The focus is on the patterns of redistribution of precious metal, also hidden in the form of decorations attached to movable items, and on the standardization of artefacts as a mean to hoard silver and gold.
2010
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