@PugJesusM to Historical ArtifactsEnglish • 2 days agoRoman glass bracelet (discolored by age?), 1st century ADimagemessage-square7arrow-up191arrow-down11
arrow-up190arrow-down1imageRoman glass bracelet (discolored by age?), 1st century AD@PugJesusM to Historical ArtifactsEnglish • 2 days agomessage-square7
minus-squareRiskablelinkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-22 days agoThe glass was super impure and that’s what happens to all those (toxic) captive metals over a long period of time. Probably lots of lead. Bit of copper and cobalt too.
minus-squareRob T FireflylinkEnglish6•2 days agoAll this poison leaching into my bloodstream from my awesome bracelet doesn’t bode well for the future of my empire.
minus-square@PugJesusOPMlinkEnglish9•2 days agoYou sound hysterical, dominus. Have some lead-sweetened wine to calm your nerves
minus-square@No_Ones_Slick_Like_GastonlinkEnglish3•2 days agoWell, at least it is not like modern-day where we can choose where to get our dose of microplastic and PFSA.
The glass was super impure and that’s what happens to all those (toxic) captive metals over a long period of time.
Probably lots of lead. Bit of copper and cobalt too.
All this poison leaching into my bloodstream from my awesome bracelet doesn’t bode well for the future of my empire.
You sound hysterical, dominus. Have some lead-sweetened wine to calm your nerves
Well, at least it is not like modern-day where we can choose where to get our dose of microplastic and PFSA.