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Re: [b-hebrew] Lost wax casting Exo 32:4

From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
To: "George F. Somsel" <gfsomsel AT juno.com>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org, huyxh8s02 AT sneakemail.com
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Lost wax casting Exo 32:4
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 12:35:52 +0100

On 16/08/2004 11:50, George F. Somsel wrote:

... I doubt that the lost wax method would have been used. I rather imagine
that it would have been a sand cast (assuming it to be historical though
I rather think it is a polemic against the Northern Kingdom.

What methods of casting etc were used for actually surviving golden cult objects from Egypt, Palestine etc in the era in question? Presumably it is possible to tell roughly what methods were used for example for the Tutankhamun treasure, and for that matter for the golden funerary masks of the third intermediate period Pharaohs if they might be more relevant.

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[b-hebrew] Lost wax casting Exo 32:4, David N. da Silva, 08/15/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Lost wax casting Exo 32:4, C. Stirling Bartholomew, 08/16/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [b-hebrew] Lost wax casting Exo 32:4, George F. Somsel, 08/16/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Lost wax casting Exo 32:4, Peter Kirk, 08/16/2004
- [b-hebrew] Lost wax casting Exo 32:4, David N. da Silva, 08/20/2004