King Solomon's Silver? Southern Phoenician Hacksilber Hoards and the Location of Tarshish

King Solomon's Silver? Southern Phoenician Hacksilber Hoards and the Location of Tarshish

Evidence from silver hoards found in Phoenicia is linking Tarshish, the legendary source of King Solomon's silver, to ores in the western Mediterranean. Biblical passages sometimes describe this lost land as a supplier of metals (especially silver) to Phoenician sailors who traded in the servic...

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Main Authors: Christine M. Thompson, Sheldon Skaggs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of York 2013-10-01
Series:Internet Archaeology
Subjects:
Tarshish
silver
Phoenicians
pre-colonisation
hoards
metals-trade
Mediterranean
Online Access:http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue35/thompson_index.html

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