A recycled ivory panel from Samaria
A recycled ivory panel from Samaria

Author(s): Claudia E. Suter
Subject(s): Archaeology, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Levantine ivory carving; Samaria; recycling
Summary/Abstract: Recycling objects made of precious materials is well documented inthe ancient Near East. Precious metals used in plating statuary, forexample, were melted down for reuse, and seals made of preciousstones were recut. Ivory was another highly valued material, butso far hardly any recycling of ivory objects has been detected. Thiscontribution presents a possible case from Samaria and examinesother, similar instances among Levantine ivory carvings of the IronAge, to which the assemblage from the Israelite capital belonged.

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