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THE LEAD INGOTS OF CAPO PASSERO: ROMAN GLOBAL MEDITERRANEAN TRADE

2008; Wiley; Volume: 27; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1468-0092.2008.00310.x

1468-0092

Philippe Tisseyre, Sebastiano Tusa, Warren R. L. Cairns, FOSCARINA SELVAGGIO BOTTACIN, Carlo Barbante, Rosaria Ciriminna, Mario Pagliaro,

Archaeology and ancient environmental studies

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.