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What’s inside? Sealed jar discovered at Qumran -- site of Dead Sea Scrolls
Unreported Heritage News ^
| Friday, December 10, 2010
| Owen Jarus
Posted on 12/11/2010 8:43:36 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: Straight Vermonter
Maybe they used it to store gypsum
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12/12/2010 1:31:50 AM PST
by
spokeshave
(Islamics and Democrats unite to cut off Adam Smith's invisible hand)
To: SunkenCiv
GGG self-ping.
By the way, inside the jar is a gospel, a genie, or garum. Did anyone see an expiration date? No.
To: JoeProBono
Must be a House cat—I see it’s got its mind on controlling the purse. Like the seal on the Jar as well-it suggests a patriot lives there.
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posted on
12/12/2010 4:40:53 AM PST
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StonyBurk
(ring)
To: SunkenCiv
It says “Refrigerate after opening. Best if used before 100 AD.”
To: Larry Lucido
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12/12/2010 5:03:12 AM PST
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Vaduz
To: Waverunner
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posted on
12/12/2010 7:55:01 AM PST
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Little Ray
(The Gods of the Copybook Heading, with terror and slaughter return!)
To: Straight Vermonter
The gypsum definitely works, but not indefinitely, it’s what the Nabataeans used to line their cisterns. And, it had the great virtue of being readily available. :’)
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posted on
12/12/2010 8:32:06 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: Tainan
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posted on
12/12/2010 8:37:28 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: Kevmo; 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
It’s got nothin’ much inside it, alas.
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12/12/2010 8:37:39 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: wildbill; F15Eagle; spokeshave; Larry Lucido; Logic n' Reason; Waverunner; doc1019; brytlea; ...
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posted on
12/12/2010 8:46:27 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: JoeProBono; rdl6989; StonyBurk
Mmm, my mom used to can cat.
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12/12/2010 8:47:42 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: HighlyOpinionated
You’re papyri right to post that.
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12/12/2010 8:48:33 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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