In the current state of knowledge of the Ras Shamra site, it seems that the city of Ugarit did not have a craft district devoted to metallurgy. Many homes and graves have delivered small quantities of items such as agricultural and domestic tools, weapons, figurines and jewelry. Other constructions, for example in islands found south of the acropolis, have delivered a large number of tools and instruments in bronze. However, if it is established that artisan workshops have existed in the city, even in the vicinity of the houses, it is still impossible to affirm the existence of specialized craft districts.
Soapstone mold for jewelry casting, from Ras Sharma acropolis; Bronze Age.
Height: 7.2cm; Length: 6cm; Thickness: 1.7cm
Photo after Adelheid Otto
Steatite jewelry mold from Tell Bazi (Aleppo), dated ca. 1450-1350 BCE. From the western town, from the “House of the Metal Worker”.
Length 8.2 cm
Musée du Louvre,AO 20390 – https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010145108
Soapstone, Height: 4.3cm; Length: 10.1cm;
Thickness: 1.2cm
Literature:
- Technological Observations on Two-Part Stone Jewelry Casting Molds of the Late Bronze Age in the Near East; Amir Golani https://www.academia.edu
- A Late Bronze Jewelry Mould from Tell Dayr Alla, Jordan; Zeidan A K Kafafi https://www.academia.edu/14989386/A_Late_Bronze_Jewelry_Mould_from_Tell_Dayr_Alla_Jordan
- Tall Bazi, Adelheid Otto https://www.academia.edu/33640830/Tall_Bazi
- B. Einwag, A. Otto, Tall Bazi – Vorbericht über die Untersuchungen 1994-1995, DaM 9 (1996) 15-45
https://www.academia.edu/13988915/B_Einwag_A_Otto_Tall_Bazi_Vorbericht_%C3%BCber_die_Untersuchungen_1994_1995_DaM_9_1996_15_45 - Tell Bazi western town https://www.en.vorderas-archaeologie.uni-muenchen.de/research/projekt_syrien/western-town/index.html