A fragment of the sphero-conical vessel that was identified as containing a possibly explosive material from Jerusalem.Credit: Robert Mason, Royal Ontario Museum
Posted on 05/01/2022 1:16:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
New analysis into the residue inside ancient ceramic vessels from 11th–12th century Jerusalem has found that they were potentially used as hand grenades.
Previous research into the diverse sphero-conical containers, which are within museums around the world, had identified that they were used for a variety of purposes, including beer drinking vessels, mercury containers, containers for oil and containers for medicines.
This latest research, led by Griffith University's Associate Professor Carney Matheson, confirmed that some vessels did indeed contain oils and medicines, and some contained scented oils, consistent with other recent research into the use of the vessels.
However, his findings also revealed that some of the vessels contained a flammable and probably explosive material that indicated they may have been used as ancient hand grenades...
Associate Professor Matheson said the research also revealed that some of these vessels had been sealed using resin.
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
A fragment of the sphero-conical vessel that was identified as containing a possibly explosive material from Jerusalem.Credit: Robert Mason, Royal Ontario Museum
In before the Monty Python references.
SECOND BROTHER:
And the Lord spake, saying, “First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.”
“A fragment of the sphero-conical vessel that was identified as containing a possibly explosive material from Jerusalem.”
Well, according to the TSA, water bottles, tuna fish, toothpaste, shaving cream, and other such materials are “possibly explosive” and can’t be let onto airplanes. So there’s a very real chance this thing held possibly explosive materials.
It’s directly related to the Monte Python skit.
Notice the lack of markings or serial number. This is a Ghost Grenade. Home manufactured and NOT registered in the federal registry. Schumer is not amused.
that’s a pretty thick wall, it’d have to hit something real hard, or hit a hard surface for it to break...
MazelTov cocktail...
The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
pe·tard
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nounHISTORICAL
a small bomb made of a metal or wooden box filled with powder, used to blast down a door or to make a hole in a wall.
a kind of firework that explodes with a sharp report.
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Who said hoist by your own petard?
Hamlet
William Shakespeare gets the credit for first linking petards and hoisting, in 1604’s “Hamlet.” When Hamlet realizes that his uncle has ordered two vassals (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern) to kill him, he pledges instead to turn the tables: “For ‘tis the sport to have the engineer / Hoist with his own petard.” Hamlet ...
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YouTube channel “Tod’s Workshop” is largely about recreating mideval weapons and figuring out how they actually worked. People are ingenious about killing each other, it’s more a technology and materials problem.
I had the ping post ready to go in a notepad window. :^)
The claim doesn’t carry much weight unless you can at least postulate what the explosive might have been, and how it was detonated.
Yeah, and there’s always somebody that needs killin’, seems like. ;^) Thanks, I’ll check out that channel.
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