{"id":20379,"date":"2024-10-18T00:20:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T00:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtual-museum-syria.org\/damascus\/?p=20379"},"modified":"2025-09-21T01:13:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T01:13:46","slug":"jewelry-mold-from-ugarit-ras-shamra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtual-museum-syria.org\/damascus\/jewelry-mold-from-ugarit-ras-shamra\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewelry Mold from Ugarit (Ras Shamra)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jewelry Mold from Ugarit (Ras Shamra)<\/h2><\/div>
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Description<\/h3><\/div>
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The stone used to make jewelry moulds like this one is of <\/span>ten called steatite by archaeologists, but it is actually chlorite. It is an ideal stone for moulds, since it does not <\/span>crack or break on direct contact with heat and can be finely sculpted into shapes for beads, rosettes and other delicate gold items. The moulds shown here would have had a matching part. The two halves were placed one on top of the other and held in place with staples that fit into <\/span>holes at the corners. Then the molten metal was poured through the little channels that run from the sides to the <\/span>jewelry forms.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>
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    Site: RAS SHAMRA, ANCIENT UGARIT\/TELL<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Date: 1300 B.C<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Material: Chlorite <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Item Dimensions: 9×7 x 2 cm\/<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    Archaeological Mission:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    National Museum Of Damascus (2011) – DAMASCUS 5209<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>

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    VMS Code: Dam 076-2<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>

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    Excavation Site Location<\/em><\/h3><\/span>
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