Amutum - Amutum

Japanese: アムートゥム - あむーとぅむ
Amutum - Amutum

… However, iron production was still very limited, and meteoric iron was often used, so iron remained a valuable commodity. The Kültepe documents, which tell of trade between Assyria and eastern Anatolia in the 20th and 19th centuries BC, list several types of iron, one of which, amūtum, was more than eight times more valuable than gold. Eastern Anatolia, along with Armenia, is a region that has often been hypothesized to be the place of origin of iron production. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Amutum" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… しかし,鉄の生産はまだきわめて限られ,隕鉄の利用も少なくなく,鉄は相変わらず貴重品であった。前20~前19世紀のアッシリアとアナトリア東部の交易を伝える〈キュルテペ文書〉に数種の鉄の名称がみられるが,そのうちの一つであるアムートゥムamūtumは金の8倍以上の価値を有していた。アナトリア東部は,アルメニアとともにしばしば製鉄の起源地に仮定されてきた地域である。…

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