biggest find since the Dead Sea Scrolls?

[Bhaktajan II]

On pages not much bigger than a credit card, are images, symbols and words that appear to refer to the Messiah and, possibly even, to the Crucifixion and Resurrection.
Adding to the intrigue, many of the books are sealed, prompting academics to speculate they are actually the lost collection of codices mentioned in the Bible’s Book Of Revelation.

The books were discovered five years ago in a cave in a remote part of Jordan to which Christian refugees are known to have fled after the fall of Jerusalem in 70AD. Important documents from the same period have previously been found there.
Initial metallurgical tests indicate that some of the books could date from the first century AD


Read more: 70 metal books found in Jordan cave could change our view of Biblical history | Mail Online

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Some of the codices were sealed, prompting yet more breathless speculation that they could include the sealed book, shown only to the Messiah, mentioned in the Book of Revelation. One of the few sentences translated thus far from the texts, according to the BBC, reads, "I shall walk uprightly"--a phrase that also appears in Revelation. "While it could be simply a sentiment common in Judaism," BBC writer Robert Pigott notes, "it could here be designed to refer to the resurrection."

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I am sure there are those that would like to comment on this,
Bhaktajan

 

[Amergin]

Optical metallurgic dating and percentages of rust or Iron Oxide for metalic artefacts is not very reliable. If the object has been under water, in a dry desert, or a moist forest, alkaline or acidic soil, the results can be quite variable.

What is best is a careful radiocarbon dating technique. Carbon (C) has three naturally occurring isotopes. Both C-12 and C-13 are stable, but C-14 decays by very weak beta decay to nitrogen-14 with a half-life of approximately 5,730 years.

Almost all Iron does contain some carbon absorbed during smelting. The carbon in iron-based materials is in the form of the orthorhombic, crystalline iron carbide (Fe3C) known as cementite. This is best obtained by penetrating the rust and corrosive covering to sample interior iron. Thus, the artefact may be damaged.

However, the small amount of Carbon can be dated for the decay isotope of Carbon that is highly accurate. Would those who have the artefact allow chemists to chip off a piece for dating?

Some feel that the rust itself can be carbon dated, and it can. However, the rust may have formed over a long or short time depending on the environment in which it spent most of its time. There would be a large margin of error. Some experts can do an analysis of the rust factoring in the conditions of the soil where it was found.

Another way to get an approximate age is to find any wood fragments, leather, or plant material buried with the artefact when it was buried. That could be carbon dated with an effective Beta emission count of that debris giving clues to the age of the metal artefact.

Amergin