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New Insight on Archaeological Metal Finds, Nails and Lead Sheathings of the Punic Ship from Battle of the Egadi Islands.

Francesco ArmettaRosina Celeste PonterioIvana PibiriMaria Luisa Saladino
Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
The wreck of the Punic ship exhibited at the Archaeological Park of Lilybaeum (Marsala, Italy) is a unique example in the world. In this paper, the investigation of some metal finds (30 nails and 3 fragments of sheathings) belonging to the wreck of the Punic ship is reported. Portable X-ray fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy allowed us to identify the elements and compounds constituting them and make some deductions about their composition. X-ray diffractometry, polarised optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy of the collected micro-samples allowed us to explain the degradation that occurred in the underwater environment.
Keyphrases
  • electron microscopy
  • raman spectroscopy
  • high resolution
  • single molecule
  • high speed
  • optical coherence tomography
  • high throughput
  • magnetic resonance
  • energy transfer
  • mass spectrometry