[tied] Re: Etruscan and Anatolian(Tanism/Velchans etc.)

--- In cybalist@..., "petegray" <petegray@...> wrote:

> > the Romans had high level of
> > lead in their bodies. Cause: their use of <sapa>, a lead

compound, to

> > sweeten their wine.
>
> Interestingly, a lead compound was also used to sweeten cider in

Somerset in

> the 17th or 18th century. People used to go to Bath to take

the "cure" -

> what in fact happened was that the prolonged soakings helped to

leach the

> heavy metals out of their bodies. I think the compound was White

lead, or

> lead oxide. Any chemists out there who care to improve the

details?

>
> Peter

The German word for the lead compound the Romans used for sweetening
wine was Blei-zucker 'lead sugar'. I think, but am not sure, that it
was lead acetate. Checking up on <sapa> on the net, I found that it
is according to those sources wine boiled to a thick substance,
possibly in lead containers.
For symptoms, cf. Suetonius' account of the emperor Titus' death.

Torsten