Home›Open Questions›What is the true age of the Sudarium of Oviedo cloth?Open QuestionsWhat is the true age of the Sudarium of Oviedo cloth?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "What is the true age of the Sudarium of Oviedo cloth?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/what-is-the-true-age-of-the-sudarium-of-oviedo-cloth.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). What is the true age of the Sudarium of Oviedo cloth?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/what-is-the-true-age-of-the-sudarium-of-oviedo-clothCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-what-is-the-true-age-of-the-sudarium-of, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {What is the true age of the Sudarium of Oviedo cloth?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/open-questions-index/what-is-the-true-age-of-the-sudarium-of-oviedo-cloth}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionRadiocarbon testing of the cloth returned an approximate seventh century date, but the testing laboratory itself cautioned that oil contamination absorbed by the cloth could distort the result, so the date obtained has never been treated as reliable.What would resolve this A repeat radiocarbon dating using a sample cleaned of contaminant oils, of the kind used elsewhere to correct for similar contamination in aged relics.OpenArchaeometry, radiocarbon datingMark Guscin, The Oviedo ClothCross-Tradition ConnectionsDiscipline NeededArchaeometry, Scholarly Disciplines Well-attested Source The Oviedo ClothMark Guscintier 2Radiocarbon Dating, Scholarly Disciplines Well-attested Source The Oviedo ClothMark Guscintier 2Question OnSudarium of Oviedo, Artifacts & Relics Well-attested Source The Oviedo ClothMark Guscintier 2SourcesThe Oviedo Clothtier 2Mark Guscin, Lutterworth Press, 1998View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year