On metal ingots from anatolian hoards (bronze age)

The paper considers metal ingots discovered in hoard associations knownfrom Anatolia. The hoards date from the Late Chalcolithic and EBA II-III (Middle BronzeAge in the terms of historical-metallurgical periodization). Context of the hoards, materialand morphology of finds are analysed. The author points to weight standards of gold ingotsand blanks - ca. 2 g, ca. 5 g and ca. 10 g. The materials from Anatolia are compared withweight systems used in Syria and Mesopotamia in the 3rd-2nd millennia BC. Circulationof metal objects of standard shapes and weights as equivalents of value is considered asan indication of development of early policies within the Near Eastern civilization model.Some data are pointed to concerning spread of Near Eastern weight standards as far asthe North Pontic zone