Bottle diving when I found this....

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Anyone?

 

[unclemac]

not yet...but keep posting it...we love hard to identify objects.

 

[DCMatt]

Can we get some additional background? Where did you get it? What country are you in?

DCMatt

 

[goldnrelics]

possibly an ornament of some sort, or i hate to say this but maybe a colonial buttplug (I find those all the time) HA just kidding


Odd, but neat find

 

[FeS2]

Too big and heavy to be a rattle in some sort of Santeria or Voodoo ceremony. Prob too heavy to be a float. Why make a pestle or pound stone out of clay when you can just use a rock?

Fertility rite?

Canopic jar? What is that substance on the inside?

When you say "bottle diving" do you mean literally, that it was found under water? What was it found with?

Seems African or West Indian to me, but I can't explain why.

 

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[HutSiteDigger]

Man... you making me blush !!! I would LOVE to go diving in St. Thomas again. Last time I was there i went diving. Awesome spot.

 

[FriscoT06]

That is a really awesome find, I'm quite green with envy that you had the opportunity to dive in the USVI! Can't wait to find out what it is!

 

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[pippinwhitepaws]

top off an old lamppost

 

[Doubter in MD]

Unfortunately, it appears the genie has escaped through the hole in the bottom of the bottle. Better luck next time!

 

[huntsman53]

In pic #3, it appears that there may have been an extension to the interior bottom (large end) of the piece. If this was the case, then I would say that it was some kind of top to a larger clay container for holding water, whale oil, etc... See my' poor sketch below using Paint.


Frank

 

[BosnMate]

A big herkin' electrcal insulator?

 

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[huntsman53]

It's and amphora! I wish it was complete, but either way I'm happy. Now comes the task of trying to date it and find its origins. Looks like I'll be diving there again this weekend......

Do you mean that it is a piece from an amphora and where did you get the information from? It is awfully small to be an amphora but clould be a piece for or from one!


Frank

 

[FriscoT06]

Do you guys think it's possible that it could be a Spanish urn, much like those for wine and olives, but perhaps smaller to accomodate a more refined or valuable substance such as olive oil or medicine? I'm sure it's not likely, but I really wanna know what he found too.

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[ctalmadg]

Not a clue as to what this is. All I know is that it's clay and at one time was fully enclosed. Here's the photos.

Maybe it wasn't fully closed on the big end...and it had a small hole that held a wick and it was filled with oil.. The shape would make it easy to mount in a ship so it wasn't prone to tipping over.

 

[DCMatt]

Chian amphora (greek wine). Although the one pictured is WAY older than other finds on your site (1st C.). Perhaps they continued making them like this for a long time. I don't know. But the shape looks about right.

DCMatt