Written and Epigraphical evidence of Iron

 Evidences: Tests and Inscriptions: By the Second millennium, HCE iron had become a prominent metal. As per the Early Assyrian inscriptions in the second millennium BCE found at Kültepe (Turkey), iron was used in exchange for gold and silver, and it was considered forty times more valuable than silver.

As regards the use of iron to symbolize monarchy, it is mentioned in the records of the Assyrian King Shalmaneser I that he donated valuable stones, gold, silver, iron, copper, tin, etc. for the temple at Assur being built by him. Also in the Hittite texts, the word iron was used in relation to royalty as a precious metal. By around 1800 BCE, iron was started to be recognized and it became a favorite metal for making weapons.

In the early Kaltepe texts during the second millennium BCE in the Akkadian language, the term amutum was used for iron. Six iron daggers, precious things such as pins with gold head, etc. were found from the royal tombs of Alaca Huyuk (Turkey) which relate to 2800 BCE. There are references in the available texts about the use of iron during the third-second millennium BCE from which the significance of iron in the early societies can be known.

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