Investigations of the relics and altar materials relating to the apostles St James and St Philip at the Basilica dei Santi XII Apostoli in Rome

Rasmussen, Kaare Lund; van der Plicht, Johannes; La Nasa, Jacopo; Ribechini, Erika; Colombini, Maria Perla; Delbey, Thomas; Skytte, Lilian; Schiavone, Simone; Kjær, Ulla; Grinder-Hansen, Poul; Lanzillotta, Lautaro Roig

doi:10.1186/s40494-021-00481-9

Heritage Science

Table 3 Results of the trace element analyses obtain using ICP-MS on dissolved samples

From: Investigations of the relics and altar materials relating to the apostles St James and St Philip at the Basilica dei Santi XII Apostoli in Rome

Lab. No.	DSA	Sample	Al	Ca	Mn	Sr	Ba	Pb	Fe	Cu	As	Al	Ca	Mn	Sr	Ba	Pb	Fe	Cu	As
			µg g⁻¹	wt%	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	µg g⁻¹	RSD %	RSD %	RSD %	RSD %	RSD %	RSD %	RSD %	RSD %	RSD %
KLR-11029	C80	St Philip, foot tissue (overside, dark)	4274	< 1.37	154	37.8	16.1	151	7375	40.3	1.6	1.3	1.0	0.38	0.35	0.55	5.7	6.2	26
KLR-11034	C85	Vaso 6 'ash'	10151	16.16	326	328	425	3499	15.543	366	309	0.84	2.0	0.43	0.29	0.50	1.01	2.4	5.2	6.0
KLR-11036	C90	St Philip Tibia (bone fragment 1)	138	33.36	180	646	31.2	1599	156	18.3	147	0.60	1.3	0.38	0.90	0.92	0.84	8.9	3.8	7.8
KLR-11036	C90	St Philip Tibia (bone fragment 2)	391	34.55	193	703	31.3	1450	168	20.3	152	1.3	4.5	0.60	0.38	0.51	0.52	6.0	13	6.4
KLR-11036	C90	St Philip Average	264	33.96	186	675	31.3	1524	162	19.3	150
KLR-11030	C81	St James, femur (bone dust)	232	22.64	18.2	124	17.1	94	473	17.4	3.88	0.52	1.9	0.55	0.81	0.82	0.82	5.4	3.8	21
KLR-11037	C91	St James, femur (bone dust)	77	24.23	19.9	161	20.6	77	110	6.6	4.35	0.56	2.6	0.71	0.67	0.82	0.38	11	9.0	37
KLR-11035	C86	Vaso B, wood	565	6.66	8.82	291	17.3	189	290	90.3	8.06	0.66	4.2	0.42	0.62	0.14	0.36	5.9	2.8	4.6
KLR-11251a	C94	St James, cortical	28	24.96	< 2.22	126	4.86	32	< 15.92	< 3.04	< 0.92	1.1	1.2		0.20	0.89	0.43
KLR-11251b	C94	St James, trabecular	105	24.80	8.14	132	6.22	46	313	< 3.04	1.27	0.65	1.5	0.59	0.40	1.5	0.39	8.5		41
KLR-11251c	C94	St James, outer surface	183	23.03	91.5	187	24.4	233	530	24.7	2.36	0.66	1.8	0.35	0.22	0.39	0.58	7.6	12	56
Comparative matrial Qumran
KLR-2613		Tomb 12, Cranium	213	31.22	8.7	765	6.79	2.34	< 13.5	< 2.56	< 1.67	1.2	6.2	1.5	0.64	0.41	0.67
KLR-2614		Tomb 15	179	29.57	81.9	1085	8.93	4.94	48.0	< 2.56	7.15	0.59	5.7	0.4	0.53	0.58	0.44	8.2		54
KLR-2615		Tomb 16A, Cranium	646	28.97	35.4	771	9.95	< 0.49	510	< 2.56	< 1.67	1.5	4.3	0.81	0.27	0.62		7.3
KLR-2616		Tomb 16B	581	32.70	35.5	879	12.1	< 0.49	525	< 2.56	< 1.67	2.3	4.6	0.5	0.58	0.20		4.5
KLR-2617		Tomb 18, Rib	211	32.36	19.7	884	9.68	< 0.49	521	53.2	< 1.67	1.2	1.4	1.7	0.66	0.74		2.3	12
KLR-2618		Tomb 19, Cranium	206	31.65	14.5	796	6.97	< 0.49	297	33.3	< 1.67	0.31	3.9	1.2	0.46	0.30		7.0	11
KLR-2619		Tomb A, Cranium	213	35.23	15.0	846	6.65	3.24	< 13.5	< 2.56	< 1.67	0.33	9.2	1.1	0.38	0.47	0.81

Also listed are re-analyses of seven samples of human bones from the Qumran cemetery previously reported by Rasmussen et al. (2003), but there lacking the determination of Ba, Pb, and Cu

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