THE LEAD INGOTS OF CAPO PASSERO: ROMAN GLOBAL MEDITERRANEAN TRADE

Authors: TISSEYRE, PHILIPPE¹; TUSA, SEBASTIANO¹; CAIRNS, WARREN R.L.²; BOTTACIN, FOSCARINA SELVAGGIO³; BARBANTE, CARLO; CIRIMINNA, ROSARIA⁴; PAGLIARO, MARIO⁴

Source: Oxford Journal of Archaeology, Volume 27, Number 3, August 2008 , pp. 315-323(9)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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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.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0092.2008.00310.x

Affiliations: 1: Soprintendenza del Mare della SiciliaPalazzetto Mirtovia Lungarini, 990133 PalermoITALY, Email: philippe.tisseyre@regione.sicilia.it 2: Istituto per la Dinamica dei Processi AmbientaliCNRCalle Larga Santa Marta 213730123 VeneziaITALY 3: Dipartimento di Scienze AmbientaliUniversita Ca' Foscari30123 VeneziaITALY 4: Istituto per lo Studio dei Materiali NanostrutturatiCNRvia Ugo La Malfa 15390146 PalermoITALY, Email: mario.pagliaro@ismn.cnr.it

Publication date: 2008-08-01