Titre du document / Document title

Bronze single crown-like prosthetic restorations of teeth from the Late Roman period = Des restaurations par prothèses identiques à des couronnes en simple bronze de dents pendant la fin de la période romaine

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

ROSENFELD A. ⁽¹⁾ ; DVORACHEK M. ⁽¹⁾ ; ROTSTEIN I. ⁽²⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhei Israel Street, Jerusalem 95501, ISRAEL
⁽²⁾ The Hebrew University-Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem 91120, ISRAEL

Résumé / Abstract

Four single bronze crown-like prosthetic artefacts, most probably from the Late Roman period, are described and illustrated here. They are cubic in shape with triangular facets at the corners, each with a central cylindro-conical cavity at the bottom. Within the cavities, remnants of C, P and Ca were found. These were probably components of some kind of bone cement, used for adhering the bronze crowns to the tooth. These crown-like dental works could be early atempts to apply bronze to dental prostheses and were probably mainly used as jewellery for aesthetic purposes.

Revue / Journal Title

Journal of archaeological science    ISSN  0305-4403   CODEN JASCDU 

Source / Source

2000, vol. 27, n^o7, pp. 641-644 (11 ref.)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Elsevier, Kidlington, ROYAUME-UNI  (1974) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Roman

;

Tooth

;

Pathology

;

Bronze object

;

Chemical analysis

;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Romain

;

Dent

;

Pathologie

;

Objet en bronze

;

Analyse chimique

;

Prothèse dentaire

;

Rayons X

;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 18515, 35400009073827.0070