Surprising that it’s not completely rusted away.
Surprising that it’s not completely rusted away.
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Probably has multiple coats of Rust-Oleum. It stops rust!
At that point in time it would have been forged from
wrought iron not steel. The fibrous nature of forged iron
tends to retard oxidation. Wrought iron has traditionally
been used for dam grates and other immersed items.
Making forgings of that size by hand 2000 years ago would have been pretty amazing.