"Ox-hide" copper ingot, Carmel Coast, Israel.

3D Model

This model of an ancient bronzeage “ox-hide” copper ingot (IAA no. 82–134) originating fromCypus, it was recovered from the Hishuley Carmel 13th Century shipwreck site off the coast of Israel in 1982, and is now on exhibit at the National Maritime Museum, in Haifa, Israel. This model was created for The Israel 3D Land and Sea Project 2017. Anthony Tamberino¹˒², Kendra Scheer¹˒², Thomas E. Levy¹˒², and Assaf Yasur-Landau²˒³. ¹Center for Cyber-Archaeology & Sustainability at the Qualcomm Institute; ²Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology, University of California, San Diego, California, US, and ³University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel. This artifact was photographed by Anthony Tamberino and the model was created by Anthony Tamberino with assistance from Kendra Scheer in Agisoft Photoscan. The Israel 3D Land and Sea Project 2017 was generously funded by Marian Scheuer Sofaer and Abraham Sofaer of Palo Alto, CA.