Counterfeit Copper Codex

Jim Davila is posting that Peter Thonemann has confirmed one of the recently unearthed metal codices is a fake. I have been following the story with detached curiosity; but if you haven’t, these article in the Daily Mail and the Telegraph will give you the broad outlines.

I haven’t posted on these finds here largely because the codices were in Greek and dated to the first centuries CE (i.e. Current Events).

Eisenbrauns has posted a poll on whether the publishing house should offer lead tablets over at their yearly April Fool’s Day edition.  However, I can only hope that (given the date) this is not some April Fool’s Day hoax on the part of Jim Davila.