Out-of-Place Artefacts // Baghdad Battery

Baghdad Battery

Clay pot containing a copper cylinder and an iron rod, recovered near Baghdad. Disputed dating ranges from Parthian to Sassanid era.

ALSO KNOWN AS: Parthian Battery

First described by Wilhelm König in 1938. Whether the assembly was an electrical cell, a scroll storage container, or another artefact is unresolved.

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