What’s the issue here? That’s just a protective coating to keep the high-quality copper underneath safe during shipping and handling.

Yeah, the thing about that is- Oh, look at the sundial, there’s somewhere I have to be.

I don’t know about this one, it’s easy to lob accusations around on clay tablets willy-nilly but people would rather hop on the bandwagon and drive over an honest businessman than do their own research. Bunch of dried mud-slingers if you ask me.