[Swordmaker]

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The KERATIN: A 1st Century Tile w which may be the tile that was placed over the gate of the City of Edessa representing the Shroud of Turin's face.

Thanks to NYer for the heads up.

The Thermion - The Alleged Tile
that Hung Over the Edessa Gate
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[Robert A Cook PE]

Have you contacted or researched the Shroud Project group in Richmond VA?

[Swordmaker]

My comment on this Keramion (I have to be very watchful the auto-correct doesn't change this word on posting! It's done it TWICE now to two different words: into "Keratin" and "thermion" LOL!) is that there is really no way to date a tessera, a mosaic tile. This tile could have been made any time from several centuries before the first century to several centuries after the first century. This tessera tile could have been made at some time after the Shroud became known. . . Attributing it to the 1st Century is problematic and is only wishful thinking on the part of Dayvault.

The assumption that this IS the tile that hung over the gate of Edessa is just that, an assumption. Yes, there are several identifying marks that are extremely similar to the Face on the Shroud of Turin, notably the swelling under the left eye, the representation of the blood trace on the forehead and in the hair, and the owlish eyes. But there are others that are missing, such as the forked beard, the line from the fold across the neck, and there is a distinct ear showing while the Shroud shows none (that may be an artistic license for realism).

We need a lot more provenance before making any conclusions about this intriguing tile.