Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 Apr 2022, 08:31
For mending leaky kettles and saucepans. Dad used them quite a lot in the 'good' old days. 
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 Apr 2022, 09:04
Is that asbestos that I see?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 Apr 2022, 09:38
Bucket plug
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 15 Apr 2022, 09:57
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?
No Peter, not asbestos but the original ones used to be I think.
Next one?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Apr 2022, 03:21
What is it?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Apr 2022, 09:08
Part of a holster?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Apr 2022, 09:13
Handle from a cotton knotter 
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Apr 2022, 09:23
Sorry but no.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Apr 2022, 10:19
Heavy duty sewing related? For pushing a big needle through thick cloth.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Apr 2022, 13:06
He's got it.... Proper name please Kev.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Apr 2022, 15:36
I have no idea 
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Apr 2022, 16:03
Sailmakers Palm?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 16 Apr 2022, 16:09
So it is, I saw someone fixing a hole in a tent with one. https://www.foxschandlery.com/william-s ... dbEALw_wcB
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Apr 2022, 01:51
That's it, dead right.
Next one?
Next one?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Apr 2022, 04:39
This very old tablet is recording ‘what’?
How old is it?
Which early civilisation is it from?
How old is it?
Which early civilisation is it from?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Apr 2022, 06:26
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?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Apr 2022, 06:46
It’s older than 2000yrs and not a shopping list.
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Apr 2022, 07:23
Could it be a seal?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Apr 2022, 07:31
Its an early election leaflet saying 'Get Pyramids Done'
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Apr 2022, 09:31
It's an early announcement of the impending arrival of a celebrity in Bethlehem?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Apr 2022, 10:25
3000bc,Iraq,beer rations
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Apr 2022, 10:40
Definitely beer rations 
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 17 Apr 2022, 12:49
Yes to cuneiform, 3000bc, Iraq (area now known as present day Iraq), and beer.
Could you elaborate what they are depicting about the beer?
Could you elaborate what they are depicting about the beer?
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Apr 2022, 03:02
"The text records beer given to workers as part of their daily rations."
I confess to Googling it. Mea culpa......
I confess to Googling it. Mea culpa......
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Posted: 18 Apr 2022, 05:11
The tablet shows a very early way of recording a debt, in this case, it’s beer.
Which early civilisation is it from?
Which early civilisation is it from?