12 – Metal Finds from Kota Cina
The corpus of metal recovered during the excavations at Kota Cina, generally fragmentary and in very bad state of preservation, is relatively abundant and made of various materials. Iron finds are largely predominant with 398 whole or fragmentary items recorded, including almost 200 ancient-looking...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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Archipel
2025
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | The corpus of metal recovered during the excavations at Kota Cina, generally fragmentary and in very bad state of preservation, is relatively abundant and made of various materials. Iron finds are largely predominant with 398 whole or fragmentary items recorded, including almost 200 ancient-looking whole (or fragmentary) nails, dowels, blades (almost 80 ancient-looking iron blades, tenons and handles), tools and containers. In addition, the excavation yielded more than 27 kilograms of ironworking wastes in seven sectors. Copper alloy finds are far behind with 78 items, including containers, jewels, mirrors, fishing hook, wire, and tentatively nails and weapon. Nine objects and fragments thought to be made of lead were recovered in five sectors. The corpus includes also one object made of copper and three small gold finds. Apart from the Chinese coins studied elsewhere in this volume, the 2011–2016 surveys and excavations uncovered six old coins probably issued in South Asia, including in Sri Lanka. |
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