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oxhide ingot

oxhide ingot noun: an ingot of copper or occasionally tin, cast in the shape of an oxhide, typically produced and traded during the Late Bronze Age.

oxhide ingot: an ingot of copper or occasionally tin, cast in the shape of an oxhide, typically produced and...
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Noun

oxhide ingot (plural oxhide ingots)

  1. An ingot of copper or occasionally tin, cast in the shape of an oxhide, typically produced and traded during the Late Bronze Age.
    • Many oxhide ingots, often inscribed with double axe and other Aegean scripts, have been found on the island, and smelting sites, together with many warrior figurines.1980, J. E. Dayton, “Geology, Archaeology and Trade”, in Jan G. P. Best, Nanny M. W. de Vries, editors, Interaction and Acculturation in the Mediterranean: Proceedings of the Second International...

Forms of oxhide ingot

pluraloxhide ingots

Questions about oxhide ingot

What does oxhide ingot mean?
Oxhide ingot means an ingot of copper or occasionally tin, cast in the shape of an oxhide, typically produced and traded during the Late Bronze Age.
What part of speech is oxhide ingot?
Oxhide ingot is a noun.
What is the plural of oxhide ingot?
The plural of oxhide ingot is oxhide ingots.

Words near oxhide ingot in the dictionary

  1. oxhearts
  2. oxherd
  3. oxherds
  4. Oxhey
  5. oxhide
  6. oxhide ingot
  7. oxhide ingots
  8. oxhides
  9. oxhind
  10. oxhinds
  11. oxhorn

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