Laconian lead figurines
Mineral extraction and exchange in the Archaic Mediterranean
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10965246 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David W J Gill (0000-0002-6970-3236, University of Wales, corresponding author), David Gill (0000-0003-3319-8722), Michael Vickers (Museum of the History of Science) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Pages | 229-236 |
| Publication date | 2001-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annual of the British School at Athens (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0068-2454 • E-ISSN: 2045-2403 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s006824540000527x |
| OpenAlex | W2059277378 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 14 |
More than 100,000 lead figurines are reported to have been found in the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta. It has been suggested that these mass-produced votives were obtained from locally mined lead. Lead votives in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, were selected as representative of each ‘layer’ from the British excavations of the early twentieth century. Lead isotope analysis of the votives was conducted in the Oxford Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art and demonstrated that the lead was apparently derived from Lavrion as a by-product of silver extraction. There is a possibility that Attic silver, as well as lead, could have been used in Archaic Laconia
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Geography · Lead (geology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Conservation Techniques and Studies · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · Geology · History · Paleontology
Lead Figurines From the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (Canada)
Racialized Commodities
Laconian and Messenian Plaques With Seated Figures
Votive Offerings From the Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia, Sparta, in Liverpool Collections
Spartan dependence on Laurion lead
Other ways to examine the finances behind the birth of Classical Greece
| Citations per year | 0.46 |
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |