The Silver Scroll Beneath the Skeleton's Chin

High-resolution Micro-CT scanning at LEIZA digitally unrolls a 3.5 cm silver foil amulet found beneath a Roman skeleton's chin in Frankfurt, revealing 18 lines of 3rd-century Christian Latin that push back Christianity's history north of the Alps. Swipe to see →

A TINY ROLL OF SILVER FOIL MEASURING JUST 3.5

The Silver Scroll Beneath the Skeleton's Chin: X-Rays Unroll 1,800-Year-Old Christian Inscription That Rewrites History in Germany — High-Fidelity Artistic Illustration created by artificial intelligence based on scientific research.

THE RIDDLE OF THE ROMAN FRONTIER

In Roman antiquity, that site lay on the northwestern periphery of the vibrant town of Nida, the administrative capital of the district known as the civitas Taunensium in the frontier province of Upper Germania (Germania Superior).

THE PHYSICAL DEADLOCK AND THE MICRO-CT

Transferred after excavation to the restoration laboratories of the Archaeological Museum Frankfurt, directed by Wolfgang David, the tiny silver cylinder underwent initial microscopic and radiographic inspections.

PALEOGRAPHIC DECIPHERMENT

As words emerged from the 18 lines, Scholz realized he was facing three simultaneous historical surprises.

PARADIGM SHIFT

To grasp the human courage and historiographical impact represented by the man of Grave 134, one must place the window of 230 to 270 of the Common Era within the political and legal landscape of the Roman Empire.

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