Site 250 (Q592)
From Timna Valley Database
Mining galleries on mountain
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Site 250 |
Mining galleries on mountain |
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AE_1967
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AE_1984, AE_1990
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2022-01-20, Zac, Lora, Willie, Yoav, Diana
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Verify This is the other mining areas identified by Rothenberg 250A 199485/412231 Cave maybe some carving next to the entrance small amount of rich copper ore Posible mine 250B (posible) 199393/412266 hight 216mtrs Acumulación of washed down material 3 fragments of slag were found 250B (more posible) 199394/412305 height 216mtrs Flat area with some pieces of slag 250C
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199340/412358 hight 202 Mining area on the north slope with a cave and lots of copper ore Carved out material mixed with copper ore and manganese as well as accumulation of dirt Note 250A identification correct compared with a picture from Rothenberg 250 and 250 B the identification to Rothenberg is not certain 250C is a site not mentioned by Rothenberg
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Sasagon Hill. Flat blue copper outcrops were found in various places on Sasagon Hill at a site excavated in 1990-1989. They include hydrated copper silicates, and chrysocola and bisbeeite, which are different from the copper ore concentrates, which are mainly malachite from Timna mines. Two cave-like rock formations, low and long (Sites 250, 250A), probably ancient mines formed by horizontal minin
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Verify, Rothenberg & Shaw, 1990a; 1990b; Rothenberg, 1996-97; 1999b; Book in German with Assaf (verify)
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