LIME PLASTER AS AN ADHESIVE FOR HAFTING EIGHTEENTH‐DYNASTY FLINT SICKLES FROM TELL EL DAB'A, EASTERN NILE DELTA (EGYPT)*

Abstract

A combination of analytical techniques, including thin‐section observations, scanning electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction and X‐ray fluorescence analysis, was applied to study the nature and origin of an adhesive used for mounting flint sickle blades to a wooden handle, recovered from early Eighteenth Dynasty culture layers of the multi‐layer settlement at Tell el Dab'a, Lower Eygpt. The results obtained from these investigations led to the conclusion that the adhesive is a pure lime plaster, thus providing the oldest evidence for the use of this material as a binding agent so far known in ancient Egypt.

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