TY - JOUR
T1 - How is forgery of ancient silver identified? A reply to Elsayed-Ali (2021)
AU - Eshel, Tzilla
AU - Gilboa, Ayelet
AU - Yahalom-Mack, Naama
AU - Erel, Yigal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - We respond to Hani E. Elsayed-Ali's critique according to which silver-copper alloys produced in the Southern Levant during the Late Bronze Age III (∼1200‒1150 BCE) do not constitute forgery, as we proposed. We argue that the technical analyses of weight and reflectance suggested by Elsayed-Ali are not reliable stand-alone means for the identification of forgery in silver-copper-(arsenic) alloys, and that deliberateness, rather than identifiability should be used to tell apart debasement from forgery. We stand behind our original claim, that the addition of arsenic, and the use of silver coatings of copper cores are evidence of deliberate, standardized forgery.
AB - We respond to Hani E. Elsayed-Ali's critique according to which silver-copper alloys produced in the Southern Levant during the Late Bronze Age III (∼1200‒1150 BCE) do not constitute forgery, as we proposed. We argue that the technical analyses of weight and reflectance suggested by Elsayed-Ali are not reliable stand-alone means for the identification of forgery in silver-copper-(arsenic) alloys, and that deliberateness, rather than identifiability should be used to tell apart debasement from forgery. We stand behind our original claim, that the addition of arsenic, and the use of silver coatings of copper cores are evidence of deliberate, standardized forgery.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jas.2021.105503
DO - 10.1016/j.jas.2021.105503
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AN - SCOPUS:85123760894
SN - 0305-4403
VL - 138
JO - Journal of Archaeological Science
JF - Journal of Archaeological Science
M1 - 105503
ER -