MYSTERY OBJECTS

[plaques]

For mending leaky kettles and saucepans. Dad used them quite a lot in the 'good' old days.

[Tizer]

Is that asbestos that I see?

[Steeplejerk]

Bucket plug

[Stanley]

Yes, that's right, for mending a leak in a bucket or pan. In my younger days you could buy hem in the shops but that's long gone so I had to make this one myself.
No Peter, not asbestos but the original ones used to be I think.
Next one?

[Stanley]

What is it?

[Tizer]

Part of a holster?

[Steeplejerk]

Handle from a cotton knotter

[Stanley]

Sorry but no.

[Big Kev]

Heavy duty sewing related? For pushing a big needle through thick cloth.

[Stanley]

He's got it.... Proper name please Kev.

[Big Kev]

I have no idea

[PanBiker]

Sailmakers Palm?

[Big Kev]

Sailmakers Palm?

So it is, I saw someone fixing a hole in a tent with one. https://www.foxschandlery.com/william-s ... dbEALw_wcB

[Stanley]

That's it, dead right.
Next one?

[Cathy]

This very old tablet is recording ‘what’?
How old is it?
Which early civilisation is it from?

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[Stanley]

It's cuneiform script and so comes from the Middle East over 2000 years ago. As to who and what it is I can only guess. Etruscan and a shopping list?

[Cathy]

It’s older than 2000yrs and not a shopping list.

[Gloria]

Could it be a seal?

[plaques]

Its an early election leaflet saying 'Get Pyramids Done'

[Tizer]

It's an early announcement of the impending arrival of a celebrity in Bethlehem?

[Steeplejerk]

3000bc,Iraq,beer rations

[Big Kev]

Definitely beer rations

[Cathy]

Yes to cuneiform, 3000bc, Iraq (area now known as present day Iraq), and beer.
Could you elaborate what they are depicting about the beer?

[Stanley]

"The text records beer given to workers as part of their daily rations."
I confess to Googling it. Mea culpa......

[Cathy]

The tablet shows a very early way of recording a debt, in this case, it’s beer.
Which early civilisation is it from?