Artifactdiscovered 1936

Baghdad Battery

A ceramic jar containing a copper cylinder and iron rod, found near Baghdad in 1936 and dated to the Parthian or Sasanian period, proposed in the 1930s as an ancient galvanic cell but now generally identified as a scroll-storage vessel.

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Mesopotamia
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Out-of-Place Artifact (OOPArt) Claim
Baghdad Battery has proposed explanation Out-of-Place Artifact (OOPArt) Claim.

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