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April 6

Lead in Judea during Roman period

How often was lead used in aqueducts and water pipes in Judea during the Roman period? I ask because I saw a study from SCIRP saying they analyzed lead samples from Roman period water installations and compared it to ossuaries from the the Talpiot tomb. Problem is I don't think lead piping would have been used generally.Semoniole (talk) 20:22, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not in rural areas, but probably more so in urban ones, particularly buildings and settlements recently built or rebuilt in the Roman period, such as Sepphoris (you will doubtless appreciate the possible connection).

Can you give a link to the report? I would be interested in reading it. That said, one must be wary of papers from SCIRP. {The poster formerly known as 87.812.230.195} 151.227.130.213 (talk) 20:47, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://jamestabor.com/new-evidence-on-the-james-ossuary-and-its-probable-connection-to-the-talpiot-jesus-tomb/ I am unable to link to it directly but you can link to to it through there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Semoniole (talk • contribs) 20:52, 6 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, thanks. I'm already familiar with Prof. Tabor, and knew that the James ossuary had been shown by soil analysis to be from the Tapriot Tomb, but not the details of the analysis. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 151.227.130.213 (talk) 01:44, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The paper, "The Geochemistry of Intrusive Sediment Sampled from the 1^st Century CE Inscribed Ossuaries of James and the Talpiot Tomb, Jerusalem",^[1] mentions one possible source: "organic lead absorbed by the system ingested as lead acetate with wine". Our article Lead(II) acetate describes the historical production by the Romans of a sweetener for wines and foods boiled in lead pots and likely contaminated with lead acetate. [I cannot link directly to the paper because the publisher of the journal, Scientific Research Publishing, has been blacklisted by MediaWiki.] --Lambiam 03:09, 7 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]