Re:In Search of Troy
by every on Thursday February 24, 2022 @08:21PM
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For what it's worth, I spent an entire semester researching possible gold links between Schliemann's Troy and the Royal Graves at Ur. My eyes glazed over while reading and I was unable to finish the piece...
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Do you mean you were investigating whether gold from Troy came from Ur?
What were your conclusions?
No, it was more in terms of techniques, motifs and styles of working the medium. Possible cultural contacts, mostly via trade, were a consideration. There were similarities between the two but so was the case with the Incas who obviously had no contact. I concluded the similarities were mostly the result of the medium itself, pure gold. It lends itself to wire, leaf and embossed designs for decoration and is ill-suited for anything utilitarian...
How many carats is pure gold? I only know of 9 and 18 carat gold.
Re:In Search of Troy
by thaumasiotes on Friday February 25, 2022 @03:36AM
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Pure is 24. It's too soft to make good jewelry, so you'd only see 24K gold in an object that was meant to be owned as a conversation piece of some kind, but not worn.