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Sabu Disk: A mysterious 5,000-year-old Egyptian stone sculpture that looks like a hubcap
Live Science ^ | August 11, 2025 | Kristina Killgrove

Posted on 09/06/2025 10:59:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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1 posted on 09/06/2025 10:59:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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The Tri-Lobed Disc in the Tomb of Sabu and the Basins at the Sun Temple Were for Beer | Akio Kato | Kanagawa University | DOI: 10.4236/ad.2022.101002
Abstract: We propose that the Tri-Lobed Disc excavated from the Tomb of Prince Sabu (about 3000 BC, First Dynasty) was used in brewing beer as a mash rake to mix and even out the mixture of grains and hot water in a fairly big mash tun. Two observations which support this idea are presented in Section 1, and why the Disc works efficiently in mashing is explained in Section 2. We also propose in Section 3 our idea about how the Tri-Lobed Disc was made, and actually made its metal model to experiment and observe the flow around the Disc. About a would-be big “royal” mash tun of Prince Sabu is discussed in Section 4, and as a by-product of searching for any remains of ancient Egyptian mash tuns, we uncover in Section 5 that the large basins at the Sun Temple of Nyuserre (about 2400 BC, Fifth Dynasty) were such remains for ritual beer brewing. This reinterpretation succeeds in explaining almost all of their functions.

2 posted on 09/06/2025 11:00:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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This stone object was discovered in the tomb of Sabu in the Saqqara necropolis in Egypt.
Image credit: Alain Guilleux / Alamy
Image credit: Alain Guilleux / Alamy

3 posted on 09/06/2025 11:00:35 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Well duh. It is a hub cap.

4 posted on 09/06/2025 11:00:45 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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5 posted on 09/06/2025 11:01:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: SunkenCiv

A good test would be to drop it on a hard surface and see if it would break.


6 posted on 09/06/2025 11:05:37 PM PDT by fso301
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To: SunkenCiv

Early spinner wheelz?

After all, “We wuz kangs, and could fly!”


7 posted on 09/06/2025 11:05:51 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: doorgunner69

Wonder what their version of a grape flavored Phillie blunt was back then?


8 posted on 09/06/2025 11:12:06 PM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

From one of those chariots of the gods?


9 posted on 09/07/2025 12:11:57 AM PDT by Rockingham
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To: SunkenCiv

It’s a Heisenberg Compensator.


10 posted on 09/07/2025 12:20:59 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: SunkenCiv

Civ, any thoughts on if a car with combustion engine was looted ?


11 posted on 09/07/2025 1:59:05 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them. lol)
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To: SunkenCiv

Looks like an impeller /agitator.


12 posted on 09/07/2025 2:13:07 AM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: SunkenCiv

Kinda looks like it’s for making rope


13 posted on 09/07/2025 2:44:02 AM PDT by datricker (Go Trump/Vance! )
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To: SunkenCiv

Looks kinda like an Egyptian screw for moving water...


14 posted on 09/07/2025 2:45:00 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: fso301

They’re saying it was already broken into pieces and they glued it back together and it’s probably just an ornate bowel.

This seems faked to me.


15 posted on 09/07/2025 2:51:47 AM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's ok---- I wasn't married to it.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Well sure, its a hubcap...bet it belonged to his son, Sabu-ru.


16 posted on 09/07/2025 2:56:05 AM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: datricker

It does look like something to twist cord into rope. But is the material strong enough for that purpose


17 posted on 09/07/2025 3:11:22 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: SunkenCiv
Got a Caddie mad of stonah, King Tut...

It looks like something that would be used to spread grain or water.

18 posted on 09/07/2025 3:18:40 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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To: Bullish

it’s probably just an ornate bowel.
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I think you’re full of crap!


19 posted on 09/07/2025 3:23:46 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: SunkenCiv

That sure looks like metal, to me.


20 posted on 09/08/2025 6:16:48 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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