2006-12-18 16:02:32 · 19 answers · asked by chicagodooby 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not exactly lead cups but in some cases yes. In Rome the volume of lead in the wine was dangerously high and they suffered lead poisonisng leading to madness, impotence, gout and other rather nasty effects. The result of this was a decaying population which proved to be the downfall of the empire. Also the water pipes were lined with white lead oxide which didnt help matters.
2006-12-18 16:12:21 · answer #1 · answered by A_Geologist 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Attempting to cast lead into a cup would prove a rather disastrous prospect the metal is so soft that you would never get it to keep much of a shape without being impractically heavy. Thus the lead was typically added with copper and tin to form pewter for drinking vessels.
2006-12-18 16:10:28 · answer #2 · answered by Pmcanelly 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but only by the nobility. The general population was either not rich enough, or were slaves and had not the resources to obtain lead drinking cups. Those folks drank from wooden cups or bowls.
2006-12-18 16:07:57 · answer #3 · answered by silemuirne 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have you found drinking out of a lead cup enhances the flavor of the lead paint chips you eat? Merry Christmas!
2006-12-18 16:05:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-30 15:24:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doubtful, lead was not used much in the middle east at that time.
Probably Gold, Silver or wood. There have been some stone (ceramic) cups found.
2006-12-18 16:05:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My thought would be a cheap alloy of copper. Maybe brass. Brass is still very popular in the middle east now. It isn't as heavy and malleable as lead, so it is more portable and durable.
Also clay, but clay is easy to break and is heavy. This is also still sold in traditional middle-eastern markets.
2006-12-18 16:10:52 · answer #7 · answered by Doryu 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not only were drinking vessels made of lead, which mostly poisoned the rich who drank wine from them. (the poor used dried gourds), but the Aqueducts were lined with lead because it was plentiful and malleable.
2006-12-18 16:22:55 · answer #8 · answered by iknowtruthismine 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
By that time there was gold, silver, pottery..all sorts of drinking and eating vessels! Probably more than we are currently aware of.
2006-12-18 16:05:30 · answer #9 · answered by suzanne 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, they also used lead shoes.. Gravity was all messed up during that point in mankind's history.
2006-12-18 16:05:06 · answer #10 · answered by dirk diggler 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋