Uluburun Shipwreck
      Artifact Description

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Picture of artifact:

Source of picture: Ellis Uluburun web site

Artifact: copper ingot
Description: raw material - a copper ingot with 4 handles

Location on ship: clustered together in center and bow of ship
Artifacts found in association with it: more copper ingots - copper seems to be main cargo

Possible date of artifact: 18th Egyptian Dynasty
Evidence: Reference to them in Amarna Tablets. Picture in the temple of Amon at Karnak of Amenhotep II shooting arrows at a copper ingot target. Both 18th Egyptian Dynasty.

 

Possible origin of artifact: Cyprus
Evidence: The Amarna Letters state that copper comes from Cyprus

 

Possible use of artifact: Copper was mixed with tin to make bronze.
Evidence: Analysis of bronze artifacts found throughout the Mediterranean world.

 

Name: Jane Q. Student
Date: 6.10.2002