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  • From: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Fuel for smelting furnaces
  • Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 08:50:43 -0800

I guess this thread is closed.

Apparently there is not enough information surviving from bronze age sources
to tell whether or not ancient smelters may have used a heavy petroleum
product in their smelting where smelting was done away from a handy source
of trees for charcoal.

All I know is that the phrase seems to indicate a hot, smokey fire, and the
only fuels I know that give both are heavy crude oils, such as pitch or
bitumen. Hence my opening question.

Still curious, but apparently (shrug) the data is not available.

Karl W. Randolph.



  • Re: [b-hebrew] Fuel for smelting furnaces, K Randolph, 02/02/2010

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