Weird pic of the day – what is it?

9 comments ↓

#1 Gaz on 07.02.08 at 3:35 pm

I’m saying it’s a powderhorn?

#2 ob1 on 07.02.08 at 9:10 pm

nope…

double points if anyone can not only figure out what it is but where it comes from… :-)

#3 Gaz on 07.03.08 at 9:51 am

Some sort of Viking drinking horn?

#4 Rick on 07.03.08 at 2:26 pm

It looks like Robin Hood’s horn for signalling to his men.

#5 ob1 on 07.03.08 at 2:37 pm

ooo… Gaz, you’re half way there… a drinking goblet it is. but not viking.

but the where will be a problem, i fear, unless you happen to have a knowledge of such things.

clue 1… the people group this comes from have a very long history, and a unique language that goes back a very long way. in fact, one of the oldest biblical manuscripts is in this language.

clue 2… for a very long time, until recently, they have been a part of another country, and a very central historical figure in that nation’s history came from this place.

jeepers… now I’ve just about given it away! :-)

#6 Mark E on 07.03.08 at 6:08 pm

Is it a shofar horn?

#7 ob1 on 07.03.08 at 7:36 pm

nah… definitely a goblet…

but where from? (cf. above)

#8 Gaz on 07.06.08 at 6:52 am

Is the language you’re referring to Peshitta or Syriac?

#9 ob1 on 07.06.08 at 5:10 pm

nice one… very close. textual abbreviation is “geo” in the NT manuscript collection. the georgian language. very old (5th century). although the georgians were part of the USSR for a long period, and Stalin is perhaps one of the most famous Georgians, they are a very distinct people group with their own language and culture going back 2 millenia. very interesting people. russians tended to view them as thugs and rebels, and i guess the georgians never thought much of the russians.

and i got this goblet from my old friend at seminary, nino dashnelli. she is a true georgian in every sense, but don’t tell i said it! :-)