EXAMINATION OF FIVE ITEMS FROM MALDON, ESSEX.
Author(s): P Wilthew
Two pieces of "slag" and three objects from Maldon were examined and, where appropriate, analysed using qualitative energy dispersive x-ray fluoresence or powder x-ray diffraction. One piece of slag was waste from copper melting. The shoulder plates on a knife were found to be brass, a copper hinge fitting was mercury gilded and the red deposit on a bone comb handle was found to contain, almost certainly, both red iron oxidesand mercury sulphide (vermillion or cinnabar).
- Report Number:
- 73/1986
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 2
- Keywords:
- Technology
