The exploitation of molluscs and other invertebrates in Alexandria (Egypt) from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity: food, usage, and trade
Author
Morand, Nicolas
Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique: Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements (AASPE), CNRS, MNHN, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, case postale 56, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France)
nicolas.morand@mnhn.fr
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Anthropozoologica
2020
2020-01-10
55
1
1
20
journal article
10.5252/anthropozoologica2019v55a1
2107-08817
3703242
TABLE 6. — Chemical composition of a pigment and white lead sample taken from the wedge clam (Donax sp. Linnaeus, 1758) shell and analysed with the scanning electron microscope (Fig. 10C). The grey cells highlight the iron (Fe) andthe lead (Pb).| Element | Atomic concentration Weight concentration |
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| C | 34.14 | 14.46 |
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| O | 28.71 | 16.20 |
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| Si | 12.39 | 12.27 |
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| Ca | 10.43 | 14.74 |
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| Fe | 6.68 | 13.15 |
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| Pb | 2.54 | 18.52 |
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| Br | 1.79 | 5.05 |
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| K | 1.41 | 1.94 |
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| Mg | 1.02 | 0.87 |
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| Sr | 0.91 | 2.81 |
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