[Avodah] Archaeologists discover 7, 000-year-old Jerusalem settlement

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

On 02/19/2016 06:29 AM, Micha Berger wrote:
> Tin is too ductile, it would have to be a tin alloy.

Tin is less ductile than gold, and yet they had gold keilim.
And pewter for tableware was 99% tin and 1% copper.

> Similarly ofares. Lead keilim? Figurines, beads -- ie gelumim (see
> Sifra ad loc), yes. But a keli with walls of lead? A lead plate?

The Romans cooked in lead pots.

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