Originally Posted by
Thekri
Amusingly enough, the article you linked says that mainstream archaeologists do not believe that they were used for any such thing. Daniken does believe it, but as one of the main Ancient Aliens contributors, and the supporter of a huge host of crackpot theories, that doesn't lead much credence to the claim.
The elements found in the jars could be combined to make a small and ineffiecient battery, however there is no evidence that they were used for that. No electroplated material has ever been recovered from Mesopotamia or anywhere else in the ancient world.