Tang Dynasty Silver Vessel Residue Identified as Calcite-Fat Mixture

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A silver container standing just 2.8 centimeters tall, recovered from the tomb of Murong Zhi, holds a physical record of daily elite practices during the Tang dynasty. Researchers from the Gansu Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology chemically identified the non-uniform, brownish residue inside the sealed vessel. The study, published in npj Heritage Science, does not reconstruct…

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