Re: [tied] Meteoric iron, self-smelted

In a message dated 5/7/2003 3:06:47 PM Central America Standard Time, kalyan97@... writes:

So, does the compound, aujtocovwno mean: '(meteoric iron) forged in one piece'?

Dear Kalyan,

    I am not a linguist and can't answer that question. I will state that the facts of the technology must agree with the language, they would not give names to something that they didn't know existed or was possible.

    It is possible that meteoric iron was smelted and pour cast during the time of Homer, they had the techniques of smelting to cast pour, that would account for the word casting. I would look to see if the same word is used in connection with the bronze casting process in both Linear B texts and in the Ionic Greek.

    My specialty is ancient weapons and the technology that spawned the ability to make them. Very late Mycenaean swords and daggers can be found, I have two from Cyprus, date them to around 1100-1050 as Sub-Mycenaean.

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