Dec 2008 2 24

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Over 40,000 lead seals from the early Byzantine Empire

remain today. Apart from the rare case where the seal authenticated a document of special importannt.

Most seals had served their purpose when the document was open. Lead was not expensive, but it was not free.

Most lead seals would have been recast once they had served their purpose.

Thus the number of early Byzantine documents sealed in such a fashion must have been many times the number of remainning lead seals.

Which o ne of the following statements, if true, most trengthens the argument?

. .

A. Most of the lead seals produced during the early

Byzantine Empire were affixed to documents

that were then opened during that period.

(B) Most of the lead seals produced during the early

Byzantine Empire were affixed to documents

that have since been destroyed.

C.The  amount of lead available for seals in the

early Byzantine Empire was much greater than

the amount of lead that remains in the seals today.

D) During the time of the early Byzantine Empire

there were at most 40,000 documents of enough importance to prevent the removing

and recycling of the seal.

(E) During the time of the early Byzantine Empire

there were fewer than 40,000 seals affixed to

documents at any given time.

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题干：
Most seals had served their purpose when the document was open.
Most lead seals would have been recast once they had served their purpose.
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跟open有关的选项，A。
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BYZANTINE LEAD SEALS