Once Again about the Bronze Dicast Tablets from the Collections of the State Hermitage Museum and the East Crimean Historical and Cultural Museum Reserve: X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Their Alloy Composition
Journal: Nanobiotechnology Reports
Year: 2025

The work presents the results of an investigation into the alloy composition of two notable ancient objects, metal tablets (pinakia) of dicasts with inscriptions, from the collections of the State Hermitage Museum and the East Crimean Historical and Cultural Museum Reserve. The two investigated tablets of dicasts are made from completely different materials. The Hermitage tablet was forged from “pure” copper, while the dicast tablet from the vicinity of Kerch was made from a sort of special bron