Posted on 12/18/2021 4:37:40 PM PST by blueplum
A stunning gold-wrapped jar crafted out of rock crystal has finally been uncovered in its entirety, revealing a Latin inscription that might provide new clues about its mysterious origins.
Researchers at National Museums Scotland, where the Viking-Age vessel is being conserved, think the receptacle was probably used for religious purposes. And one expert believes it may have been a diplomatic gift from the Roman Empire to an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in Britain.
The treasure was discovered in southwest Scotland in 2014 and is part of the Galloway Hoard....the jar's inscription states "Bishop Hygauld had me made." .....
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Yeah, because according to archeologists, EVERYTHING someone did in the past was for “religious purposes”.
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People back then were way way far more ‘religious’ than today.
Interestingly, the Ancient Egyptians did not have a word for ‘religion’ - indicating they saw the world as a natural process with various forces which they symbolically named and represented as what we call ‘gods’ ; this symbology is how they thought and lived their daily lives - logic and reason were not used for the most part, because to them they were too cumbersome.
Here’s an example : in geometry, we say ‘hypotenuse’; the Egyptians said “Horus on the horizon’. Both mean the same thing, but both are conceptualized differently.
Modern progression is not necessarily progress, as it simplifies everything by omitting what used to be very significant parts. This is true from the underlying principles of scientific thought to the underlying principles religious thought today.
Very cool.
And somewhere there is a pile of cracked crystal jars next to a graveyard of artisan workers, waiting to be discovered ...
Thank you. Seeing it in 3D, and zoomable really helps.
Also, the annotations filled in some blanks for me.
You’re welcome.
I wanted to see a pic of inside the jar with the lid open.
Amazing piece of work. Considering it was made using
a charcoal block and a blow pipe.
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