The origin of lead artifacts from Novae: applications of Pb isotopes in identifying the provenance of Roman artifacts from N. Bulgaria

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Table 1 Results of chemical analyses of lead samples from Novae (N. Bulgaria). The results were averaged over 5 measurements for each sample. BDL—below detection limit

Weight%	Fe	Cu	Co	Ni	Cr	Zn	Mn	S	Pb	Si	Te	Al	Se	Ag
S3_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.039	94.566	0.679	0.063	0.058	BDL	BDL
S4_av	BDL	0.084	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.043	92.772	0.980	0.046	0.097	BDL	BDL
S5_av	BDL	0.096	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.048	91.609	0.990	0.057	0.073	BDL	BDL
1_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.057	93.698	0.016	0.057	BDL	BDL	BDL
2_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.047	91.646	0.185	0.050	BDL	BDL	BDL
3_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.051	90.842	1.616	0.061	0.071	BDL	BDL
5_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.045	91.133	1.878	0.049	0.054	BDL	BDL
7_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.043	91.731	1.320	0.069	0.105	BDL	BDL
8_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.051	93.396	0.779	0.052	0.060	BDL	BDL
9_av	0.044	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.046	93.605	0.964	0.044	0.122	BDL	BDL
10_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.043	87.504	2.692	0.045	0.065	BDL	BDL
15_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.042	93.066	1.431	0.052	0.050	BDL	BDL
32_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.044	90.589	1.139	0.057	0.140	BDL	BDL
BDL_av	0.041	0.077	0.054	0.063	0.035	0.097	0.049	0.014	0.144	0.014	0.021	0.018	0.013	0.027

Weight%	Cd	As	Au	Hg	Sn	Pd	Bi	Sb	P	Ca	Total
S3_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.033	95.595
S4_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.052	94.198
S5_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.058	93.117
1_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.016	94.046
2_av	BDL	0.040	BDL	BDL	0.115	BDL	BDL	0.172	BDL	0.020	92.424
3_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.059	92.886
5_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.066	93.442
7_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.062	93.516
8_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.048	94.658
9_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.064	95.074
10_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.069	90.591
15_av	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.139	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.053	95.059
32_av	BDL	BDL	0.051	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	BDL	0.094	92.311
BDL_av	0.034	0.031	0.049	0.070	0.021	0.025	0.068	0.027	0.016	0.011