Gold cup from 2,500 years ago found under bed

The Times Online ^ | May 28, 2008 | Simon de Bruxelles

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[Daffynition]

Yes, of course ...

[najida]

I have the same type of pre-wash cycle! :)

[TexasNative2000]

I heard it was originally crafted by Barack Obama’s great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather’s brother (on his fathers side).

[Daffynition]

Good query. I would have no idea and it seems as if any gems in those sockets would fall out easily.

Any idea of the significance of the knots and Medusa-like snakes?

[fanfan]

The medical symbol?

[gathersnomoss]

Yeah, but the gold cup was invented by JohnKerry. Just lie until you win liberals.

[NathanR]

The Caduceus? Actually, it does somewhat. However, the Caduceus is a staff.

[Redcloak]

Here’s a hint...

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(Here in California, not a day goes by that we aren’t reminded of where you saw that motif!)

[wolfcreek]

Watched a show that offered the idea the *challis* or cup used at the Last Supper may have been alabaster. Many jars and cups were made of alabaster and it was mined in nearby Egypt around that time. I have my doubts it was made of gold.

[PLMerite]

I’d better check under my bed. I’m sure it hasn’t been swept out since the 5th Century BC either.

[Daffynition]

Was that before or after he was victorious in the Punic Wars? ;D

[evets]

Gunnar Gutfeld

[Daffynition]

LOL ... nothing goes to waste. ;-D

[fanfan]

The Caduceus? Actually, it does somewhat. However, the Caduceus is a staff.

Was it ever just snakes?

And why snakes? What's with that?

[count-your-change]

The term ‘alabaster’ may have been applied to travertine marble from Egypt or even softer gypsum but in the case of expensive items like perfume the better alabaster from stalagmites was probably used.
In any event there is no way of knowing what material the cup at the Last Supper was made from but being that it used what was present at the passover meal using a costly item like an alabaster vessel seems unlikely.
Gold? Even less likely for the unpretentious disciples.
Yes, I too have seen the mindless nonsense about a Holy Grail and such.

[Daffynition]

One of the earliest [western] Caduceus that I have encountered is found at the Asklepion, Bergama (Pergamum) ... the snakes, the symbol for Aesklepios, ornament the marble altar. In the ancient world, snakes symbolized healing and life-renewal. The caduceus was adopted as a symbol of the medical profession because of its similarity with the serpent entwined staff of Aesklepios.

[RckyRaCoCo]

looks like hillary...especially with the snakes

[TexasNative2000]

The caduceus was adopted as a symbol of the medical profession because of its similarity with the serpent entwined staff of Aesklepios.

That symbol is also based on God's command to Moses to wrap a snake on his staff and hold it aloft to heal his people.

[Daffynition]

I'm confused ... but you could be correct. ;)