12-13-2013, 09:42 PM
Greetings people,
the mystery of the metal canteen continues to trigger me, especially now I read an article which has a very intriguing alternative view on the exact function of the bag til now called loculus (article by Marquita Volken in Journal of Roman Archaeology 21, 2008, pp. 264-274: the water bag of Roman soldiers). I will come to that in the topic fitted for that.
It has been suggested by some of you, in my view very well argumented for the factor of oxidation, that this canteen should very well have contained oily substances, but:
does anyone know if any academic has ever performed chemical research on the contents of the found metal canteens? If so, can you please give me some contact data of that person or the title of that paper/article if there was ever written one? I would be much obliged.
the mystery of the metal canteen continues to trigger me, especially now I read an article which has a very intriguing alternative view on the exact function of the bag til now called loculus (article by Marquita Volken in Journal of Roman Archaeology 21, 2008, pp. 264-274: the water bag of Roman soldiers). I will come to that in the topic fitted for that.
It has been suggested by some of you, in my view very well argumented for the factor of oxidation, that this canteen should very well have contained oily substances, but:
does anyone know if any academic has ever performed chemical research on the contents of the found metal canteens? If so, can you please give me some contact data of that person or the title of that paper/article if there was ever written one? I would be much obliged.
