vzierdfiant t1_ix8ofuw wrote on November 21, 2022 at 4:32 PM

Reply to comment by ThoDanII in what was the population of ancient Mesopotamia? by Omastnar

Did mesopotamian cultures have the technology to create large watertight containers?

ThoDanII t1_ix8pram wrote on November 21, 2022 at 4:41 PM

yes

they did pottery and wineskins

vzierdfiant t1_ix8qy0x wrote on November 21, 2022 at 4:50 PM

Ah yes, pottery. So durable and capable of being used to transport large volumes of water over rocky terrain and primitive roads without breaking, very plausible. And at any large volume (over 500L) wineskins would leak a ton.

ThoDanII t1_ix8vdje wrote on November 21, 2022 at 5:19 PM

Prussian soldiers used glas canteens, and i think the waterskins would max out by 20 or 50 litres in my estimation

and yes afaik they used pottery to transport water, wine and olive oil over large distances