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title: Copper 'Oxhide' Ingot, Uluburun Shipwreck
author: Martin Bahman
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7262/copper-oxhide-ingot-uluburun-shipwreck/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 2024-01-29
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# Copper 'Oxhide' Ingot, Uluburun Shipwreck

_Authored by Martin Bahman_

## Image File

[![Copper 'Oxhide' Ingot, Uluburun Shipwreck](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7262.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/7262.jpg)

## Image Caption

A [copper](https://www.worldhistory.org/copper/) "oxhide" ingot from the [Bronze Age](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Bronze_Age/) [Uluburun shipwreck](https://www.worldhistory.org/Uluburun_Shipwreck/), 1330-1300 BCE. The ship sank off the coast of [Lycia](https://www.worldhistory.org/lycia/) and contained, amongst other cargo, ten tons of copper ingots. (Bodrum Museum of Underwater [Archaeology](https://www.worldhistory.org/Archaeology/), [Turkey](https://www.worldhistory.org/Asia_Minor/))

## Cite This Work

### APA
Bahman, M. (2017, September 11). Copper 'Oxhide' Ingot, Uluburun Shipwreck. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7262/copper-oxhide-ingot-uluburun-shipwreck/>
### Chicago
Bahman, Martin. "Copper 'Oxhide' Ingot, Uluburun Shipwreck." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 11, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7262/copper-oxhide-ingot-uluburun-shipwreck/>.
### MLA
Bahman, Martin. "Copper 'Oxhide' Ingot, Uluburun Shipwreck." *World History Encyclopedia*, 11 Sep 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7262/copper-oxhide-ingot-uluburun-shipwreck/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uluburun4.jpg) by [**Martin Bahman**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uluburun4.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 11 September 2017. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.