Lead ingot with inscribed stamp of the manufacturer. The ingot was found, with other one thousand pieces, in a Roman shipwreck located in 1989 in the stretch of sea between the coast of Sinis and the island of Mal di Ventre, in Sardinia.
This load of lead ingots is the biggest one ever documented in the ancient world. It was placed in the center of the ship and consisted of about one thousand ingots, all trapezoidal in shape, weighing about 33 kg each. Many of the ingots were still lined up and stacked in their original positions because apparently, the vessel sank slowly and almost vertically without tipping the load. The ingots each have an epigraphic cartouche (mold marks) bearing the name of the manufacturers, such as:
indicating the“Company [owned] by Marcus and Caius Pontilienus, sons of Marcus”.
In collaboration with the National Institute of Nuclear Physics and the Institute of Isotope Geochronology and Geochemistry, CNR of Pisa, numerous analyses were undertaken on the ingots. The results of these analyses have been published and presented at various exhibitions in Europe and America. The analyses have demonstrated the exceptional purity of the metal in the ingots, which came from the Sierra mining region of Cartagena, Spain, which is also probably where the ship sailed from during the first century BC. The final destination of the ship is not known.
#Buongiorno ragazzi, dall’Arcipelago della Maddalena alla location di Travolti da un insolito destino: dici Sardegna e pensi spiagge da sogno e mare cristallino. Del resto questo è stato per anni il fulcro del turismo sull’isola. Famosa per le sue spiagge bianche e il mare cristallino, l’isola è da sempre una delle mete preferite dai vacanzieri italiani e non solo. Per i più la Sardegna è la famosissima Costa Smeralda, senza sapere che in realtà nasconde tantissime altre bellezze, legate al mare ma non solo, come Tiscali, Orgosolo e i Nuraghe di Oristano. Tornando al mare, in molti si domandano quali siano le 10 spiagge più belle della Sardegna. La domanda ha una risposta semplice, non esistono perché sono molte di più. Ognuna a suo modo bella e particolare. Per noi queste, di cui alcune selvagge e incontaminate, ci vanno vicino.
Ps. Era Cala Luna dove Lina Wertmüller ha girato Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto.
From the Maddalena Archipelago to the location of Travolti by an unusual destiny: you say Sardinia, you think of dream beaches and crystal clear sea. After all, this has been the centerpiece of tourism on the island for years. Many wonder what are the 10 most beautiful beaches in Sardinia. The question has a simple answer, they don’t exist because there are many more. For us these are some of the most beautiful.
1. Spiaggia della Tartaruga 2. Punta Molentis 3. Cala Luna 4. Cala Coticcio 5. La Caletta di Siniscola 6. Spiaggia di Ira 7. Lu Impostu 8. Spiaggia delle Vacche 9. Punta Molentis 10. Spiaggia dell’Elefante
I designed Tigellius in dedication to my friend @prassio ♡ He’s a Sardinian artist who designs amazing kaiju, please check out his work!!! For this design I combined Nuragic elements with Chloma fashion.
What I like the most is that the first photo looks like a cinema’s screen with the people black heads, but it is not! (the photo n°8 is from Vesuvius’s top ) . . #italy #napoli #sorrento #capri #landscape #panoramic #view #scenery #niceview #niceshoot #photography #paradise #beautiful #nature #land #blue #sea #sky #trip #travel #niceplace #aroundtheworld #happiness #island #peace #venice #sardinia (presso Sorrento, Capri and Amalfi Coast)
Karel Music Expo 2017 Festival at Karalis “In nome della madre” festival delle culture resistenti. . . #kmeca17 #karalis #cagliari #italy #sardegna #sardinia #tourism #festival #party #holiday #vacation #autumn #october #happiness #expo #musicexpo #karelmusicexpo #music #classicalmusic #popmusic #guitar #innomedellamadre #teather #onlus #sensibilation #autismo (presso Karel Music Expo)
