Petrographic Analysis of Two Ballast Stones from Tel Mikhal (Tel Michal) (pp. 67–69)

Both ballast stones were reused in a Persian-period installation. Their analysis revealed that they were of plutonic material, thus pointing to a distant provenance, perhaps in the Cyprus area. The stones were probably loaded on a merchant ship on its way from the eastern Mediterranean to the Tel Mikhal anchorage.

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Atiqot
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2025-01-22
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https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040x.1462
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Archaeology and Historical Studies
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Petrographic Analysis of Two Ballast Stones from Tel Mikhal (Tel Michal) (pp. 67–69)

Amir Gorzalczany
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Petrographic Analysis of Two Ballast Stones from Tel Mikhal (Tel Michal) (pp. 67–69)

Amir Gorzalczany
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Abstract

Both ballast stones were reused in a Persian-period installation. Their analysis revealed that they were of plutonic material, thus pointing to a distant provenance, perhaps in the Cyprus area. The stones were probably loaded on a merchant ship on its way from the eastern Mediterranean to the Tel Mikhal anchorage.

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