PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoRoman glass bracelet (discolored by age?), 1st century ADlemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down11
arrow-up187arrow-down1imageRoman glass bracelet (discolored by age?), 1st century ADlemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to Historical Artifacts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareRiskable@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 months 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 Firefly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoAll this poison leaching into my bloodstream from my awesome bracelet doesn’t bode well for the future of my empire.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoYou sound hysterical, dominus. Have some lead-sweetened wine to calm your nerves
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