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Archaeologists in have discovered a 2,000-year-old cream, left almost intact. An intact tomb-dating goes back to the second half of the second century B.C. It was sealed by a large terracotta tile.
The site featured a red-purple painted inscription with the name of the deceased: Thana Presnti Plecunia Umranalisa. Quite near to the tomb, was a cosmetic case richly decorated with bone, ivory, tin and bronze elements. The feet of the box featured bone carved in the shape of Sirens.
The case was filled with precious personal objects- a couple of bronze finger rings, a pair of tweezers, two combs and an alabaster unguentarium vessel - a vase-shaped jar - of Egyptian origins. The entire content of the cosmetic case was found under a clay layer which deposited throughout time. This made it possible for the ointment to survive almost intact despite (the fact that) the vessel had no cap.
The ointment, a solid, homogeneous and pale yellow mass, revealed fatty acids in high abundance. Even though more than 2,000 years have passed, the oxidation of the organic material has not yet been completed. This is most likely due to the sealing of the alabaster unguentarium by the clayish earth, which prevented contact with oxygen.
The natural resins were the pine resin, exudated from Pinaceae, and the mastic resin, from Anacardiaceae trees. The lipid was a vegetable oil, most likely moringa oil, which was used by the Egyptians and Greeks to produce ointments and perfumes. Moringa oil was one of the ingredients in a recipe for a perfume for ancient royalty.
Erika Ribechini, a researcher at the department of chemistry and industrial chemistry of Pisa University lead this investigation. The discovery has been detailed in the latest issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science.
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