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found by M. André Parrot at Mari, on the Middle Euphrates ,(and where/ copper, according to M. G. Dossin, is designated as "Alasian metal"(1). The industry metallurgical and For their The activity of bronze founders and of armourers the of the Peoples of the Sea of the North and of the Sea therefore had in Cyprus on the island favourable to their activities. of all the of mineral wealth necessary resources and very particularly abundant to develop their activity. Of more, and this has not so far | belonging yet been reported, of the | belongs to the copper ores on the island of of Cyprus ( | is category of the which contains a high proportion | of the family of Chalcopyrite of according to chemical analysis | or copper pyrites ( a of iron oxide which according | copper and iron sulphide to chemical analyses reaches more | iron: Cu2 S, Fe2 S3) which yields, of 8 % and which only after roasting | most often, only 4 % of copper, and smelting | (1) Cf. our Missions en Chypre, | p. 97 et seq.
| The treatment by the founders | |
| ancient consisted therefore | in ridding the ore |
| of the raw ore | raw, by [empty] and smelting, |
| of the greater part of the non-cupriferous matter | |
| of non-cupriferous matter, | |
| its copper content. The chemical analysis | and enriching |
| of ores and slags | of the Skouriotissa mines |
| les monts Troodos de l'île ? | |
| shown |
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain