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Table 3 Table presenting the match of lead isotope results obtained for particular artifacts from Novae to literature data obtained for lead ore deposits from Bulgaria, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Italy, Germany, and Romania

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

No.		Bulgaria
		Burgas district				Burgas district near Rosen	Chiprovsti-Martinovo district	East Rhodope				Lesovo		North East (Yambol)
		Madan	Varly Briag	Zidarovo	Zidarovo Yurta	Meden Rid	Veneca	Zvezdel	Madzharovo	Spahievo	Zvezdel-Pcheloyad	Arabio	Churachke Dere	Bakadjik
Novae	S3	x		o	o			+	o	x	+			o
	S4				x/o						o			x
	S5
	1			o	o			x	o	x	+			o
	2		o	o	+			x	o		x			+
	3			o	x			o			x			x
	5
	7				o			x		x	+			o
	8	x			o			+	x	+	x
	9			o	o			x		x	+			x
	10			o	o			x		x	+			x
	15			o	o			x		o	x			x
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No.		Bulgaria										Comments
		North West			Panagyurski district			South (Kardzhali)	South East	Central Rhodopes
		Govezhda	Sveshty Plast	Sedmochislenitsi	Vozdol	Radka	Chelopech	Madjarovo	Malko Turnovo, Gradishteto	Laki	Madan-Thermes
Novae	S3							o	x		o
	S4
	S5
	1							o	x		o
	2								+			Probable recycling
	3								x
	5						o
	7							o	x		o
	8							+		x	x
	9								x
	10								x
	15								x			Probable recycling
	32		x	x		o	o

No.		Serbia
		Kopaonik					Kopaonik Moutain	Blagodat-Osogovo		Lece	Rudnik	Shashkoc-Janjevo	Trepca
		Ajvalija-Badovac-Kišnica	Belo Brdo	Novo Brdo	Raška	Stari Trg	Kopaonik Moutain	Blagodat	Karamanica	Lece	Rudnik	Shashkoc-Janjevo	Trepca
Novae	S3		x	x	x	x	o			x	+
	S4		o	+							o
	S5		o	+							o
	1		x	x	x	x				x	+
	2		o	x						o	x
	3		o	x							x
	5			x							o
	7		x	x	x	x				x	x
	8	o	x		+	+	+			x	x	o
	9		x	x	x	x				x	+
	10		x	x	x	x				x	+
	15		o	x	o	o				x	+
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No.		North Macedonia			Montenegro		Bosnia and Herzegovina		Romania		Italy	Germany
		Blagodat-Osogovo	Zletovo	Kroussia	Northeast Montenegro		Northeast Montenegro	Drina/Podrinje	Rosia Montana
		Sasa-Toranica	Zletovo	Kilkis	Brskovo	Šuplja Stijena/ Ljubišnja	Šuplja Stijena/ Ljubišnja	Srebrenica	Cetate Massif	Tarina Massif
Novae	S3		+					+	x	+	o
	S4		x					o	+	x	o
	S5	o	x					x	+	x	o
	1		+					+	x	+	o
	2		x					x	x	x			Probable recycling
	3		+					x	x	x	o
	5	o	o						+		o
	7		+					+	x	+
	8		x					x		x
	9		+					+	x	+	o
	10		+					+	x	+	o
	15		+					x	x	+	o		Probable recycling
	32											o/x

No.		Greece
		Attica	Crete	Cyclades	Cyclades, Siphnos	Cyclades, Syros	Cyclades, Thera	Cyclades, Tinos	East Sporades, Chios	Euboea	Lesbos	Macedonia	N. Aegean, Thasos	Pangeon Mt
		Lavrion	North, central	Cyclades	Cyclades, Siphnos	Cyclades, Syros	Cyclades, Thera	Cyclades, Tinos	East Sporades, Chios	Euboea	Lesbos	Macedonia	N. Aegean, Thasos	Pangeon Mt
Novae	S3				o					+		o	o	+
	S4		o		o					o		o
	S5		o		o					o		o
	1				o					+		o	o	+
	2				o					x		o	o	x
	3		o		o					x		o		x
	5		o		o					o		o
	7				o					+		o	o	x
	8	o		o	o	o				x		o	+	x
	9				o					+		o	o	x
	10				o					+		o	o	x
	15				o					+		o	o	x
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No.		Greece
No.		Pelion	Peloponnese	Peloponnese, Arcadia	Peloponnese, Laconia	Rhodope	Samos	Thrace	Xanthi	Kroussia
Novae	S3					+		+	x
	S4					x		x
	S5					o		o
	1					+		+	x
	2					+		x	o		Probable recycling
	3					x		x
	5					o		o
	7					+		+	o
	8	o				o		x	+
	9					+		+	o
	10					+		+	o
	15					+		x	o		Probable recycling
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+ : good match, x: slight match, o: very slight match, no match

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