Quantitative micro‐X‐ray fluorescence (XRF) analyses were performed on 19 silver decorations of six Archaic bronze helmets from the archaeological site of Olympia, Greece. The principal aim of the study was to investigate technological aspects of the smelting process that influence the composition of Ag, reveal possible elemental correlations and shed light on its source, assigning a likely provenance. The XRF results revealed that all decorations contain high amounts of Ag > 95%. The quantitative determination of several fingerprint minor elements, such as Au, Pb and Bi, provided interesting insights related to the efficiency of the cupellation process, the ore type used for the silver extraction and the geological origin of the ores.

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奥林匹亚古头盔上的银色装饰的Micro-XRF分析

对希腊奥林匹亚考古现场的六把古青铜头盔的19个银色装饰物进行了微X射线荧光定量分析。这项研究的主要目的是研究熔炼工艺的技术方面，这些技术影响银的成分，揭示可能的元素相关性并阐明其来源，并确定可能的出处。XRF结果表明，所有装饰物都含有大量的> 95％的Ag。几个指纹微量元素（例如Au，Pb和Bi）的定量测​​定提供了有趣的洞察力，这些洞察力与拔罐过程的效率，用于银提取的矿石类型以及矿石的地质来源有关。