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THE LEAD INGOTS OF CAPO PASSERO: ROMAN GLOBAL MEDITERRANEAN TRADE |
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| Authors: | PHILIPPE TISSEYRE SEBASTIANO TUSA WARREN R.L. CAIRNS FOSCARINA SELVAGGIO BOTTACIN CARLO BARBANTE ROSARIA CIRIMINNA MARIO PAGLIARO |
| Affiliation: | Soprintendenza del Mare della Sicilia Palazzetto Mirto via Lungarini, 9 90133 Palermo ITALY e-mail:; Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali Universita Ca' Foscari 30123 Venezia ITALY; Istituto per la Dinamica dei Processi Ambientali CNR Calle Larga Santa Marta 2137 30123 Venezia ITALY; Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali Nanostrutturati CNR via Ugo La Malfa 153 90146 Palermo ITALY e-mail: |
| Abstract: | Summary. Epigraphic and isotopic analysis of the lead ingots recovered from a shipwreck off Capo Passero (in Sicily) in mid-2006 suggests that the ingots were produced in Spain, in the Cartagena region. The shipwreck is estimated to have occurred around 38 BC, at the beginning of the Hispanic era. This provides further evidence that the Romans were trading lead throughout the Mediterranean Sea. |
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