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Lead ingots from a shipwreck off Poompuhar, Tamil Nadu, east coast of India: Evidence for overseas trade and their significance

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Title Lead ingots from a shipwreck off Poompuhar, Tamil Nadu, east coast of India: Evidence for overseas trade and their significance
 
Creator Tripati, S.
Parthiban, G.
Vora, K.H.
Sundaresh
Bandodkar, S.N.
 
Subject archaeology
underwater exploration
ship losses
wrecks
wreck location
trace metals
trade
 
Description Various types of lead ingots have been reported from a number of shipwrecks from different parts of the world. In 1991 exploration of a wreck off Poompuhar, Tamil Nadu, east coast of India, at a depth of 19 m yielded a gun, rudder gudgeon, gunpowder boxes and a variety of lead ingots. The most significant ingots are those marked W: Blackett and D with a crown symbol on the obverse and 1791, 1792 and some merchant marks on the reverse. These are similar to Blackett lead ingots found in England, the Netherlands and Sumatra. Pb-isotopic analysis has revealed their source as the North Pennine lead mines of England. Further, the lead used was of high purity approx. 93%. Records show that Blackett was a well-known lead-exporting company in England since 1694. The wreck off Poompuhar may be a Toni type cargo ship carrying traded lead ingots of different manufacturers
 
Date 2008-07-18T05:53:39Z
2008-07-18T05:53:39Z
2003
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, Vol.32; 225-237p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/1278
 
Language en
 
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Publisher Blackwell Publishing