Also, don’t they think there was more than one Mary from Magdalene?
“Oh my, we found a vase with the name “Mary” on it! We’re in Magdalena. This has to be the oil that was used to annoint Jesus’ feet! We’re rich!”
That’s like when they found the ossuary in Jerusalem that said James bar Joseph. That was a pretty long stretch, but it was better than this.
I read once that at that time something like half the women in Judea and Samaria were named either Miriam or Salome. For a current comparison, think Jennifer and Ashley. We won’t even consider Taylor and Brooke.