Posted on 09/06/2025 10:59:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
This delicate stone vessel was discovered in 1936 in the tomb of Sabu, an ancient Egyptian official buried in the Saqqara necropolis during the first dynasty period. When it was found, the disk was in pieces. It has since been reconstructed and is in the collection of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Sabu's mastaba, a rectangular tomb with sloping walls and a flat roof, was excavated by British Egyptologist Walter Emery. In his publication describing the Saqqara tombs, Emery wrote that the burial chamber had been looted for its jewelry and precious metals. But Sabu's skeleton was intact inside a wooden coffin, and his tomb was filled with dozens of stone and pottery vessels, flint and copper tools, the remains of two oxen, and a unique bowl.
Emery described the Sabu Disk as an ornamental tri-lobed bowl that measured 24 inches (61 centimeters) in diameter and 3.9 inches (10 cm) tall. The bowl was carved out of metasiltstone, a sedimentary rock that has undergone some metamorphism...
The Sabu Disk's unique design has led to numerous theories about the item's purpose, ranging from part of a water turbine to a piece of a hyperdrive from an alien spaceship. One recent theory even suggests the disk was used as a "mash tun," a vessel that holds grain and hot water for making beer.
But the most likely explanation is that the Sabu Disk had a similar purpose as other wide, flat bowls in ancient Egyptian culture: It probably held food or oil. The delicate nature of the metasiltstone and carving, though, suggests that the bowl was not for everyday use and may have been placed in Sabu's tomb as an offering for the afterlife.
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off a 75 Buick....................
Not sure they put it together right. Or maybe it’s just upside down. It’s a blender.
Yeah, from a spaceship
Looks like some kind of tape reel. The museum in Grand Rapids has a small collection of ancient Egyptian things, including a case of 8000 year old siltware. It looks remarkable, and based on the visible lip of each vessel, the walls are crazy thin. I couldn’t find any pics online, they’re too busy with their agenda to include that stuff on the website.
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The transportation theme continues after a fashion. 😊
Looks like the harmonic stabilizer from a flux capacitor.
Regardless of its usage which is not known despite the article’s claim, how was it made using pounding stones, copper chisels?
AI:
“The Disk is made from a fragile, weakly metamorphic siltstone [ 6 to 7 on the Mohs scale; same harness as granite ], also referred to as metasiltstone or schist, a brittle rock that would have been extremely difficult to carve with the precision observed, especially given the intricate design and delicate nature of the material.”
It was and is a masterpiece of carving, which explains why he wanted to take it with him.
Yeah, I'm sure they'd use their interplanetary transportation technology to spread the word about their stone carving talents. 🤦♂️
Saw a tourist video on youtube - I forget where it was taken, but as the camera panned around - there was another one lying partially buried in the sand at the site - no one remarked or said anything about it on the video, as the camera continued to pan around.
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Someone from the Houston SLAB scene needs to comment on this thread.
/SLAB = Slow, Loud, And Banging. They lower cars, mostly classics from the 70’s and 80’s, and put them on hydraulic lifts, and make them super loud stereo wise.
They often have unnatural colors (Pepto pink for one), and/or mirrored/custom paint jobs.
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