¥The
patina tests do show a real similarity between
the James ossuary and those from the Jesus
tomb. But more work is needed to
see how unusual such a similarity might
be.
¥Meanwhile,
the owner of the James ossuary claims he got
it before 1980, when the Jesus tomb was
discovered.
¥Amos
Kloner, who supervised the 1980 dig, says the
missing 10th ossuary was unmarked, unlike the James ossuary.