For this post, I am stealing a game from the blog my brother and his wife (Dan & Abby) did when they traveled. This post is interactive. I will put a picture here. Everyone who reads this should create a comment to guess what it is. The first to guess correctly gets a great prize (if you think the respect of all the other readers is a great prize).
This is a piece of ancient Greek pottery. It is about a foot and a half tall. What is it used for?
Is it a chamber pot to us as an indoor relief station when nature calls in the middle of the night? You know - an ancient porta-potty.
ReplyDeleteYour mom beat me to it. I was thinking old school chamber pot, too. 2nd guess...is that a duck or a chicken on the side? It has to be poultry related, then. It's an ancient Greek egg white/yolk separator. That's the ticket.
ReplyDeleteIt's for cooking. You light a candle / oil through the smaller hole in the front, then the flame comes up through the hole in the middle to heat a pot sitting on top.
ReplyDeleteIt's a huge incense burner used for making offerings to the Greek gods. They would put whole plants inside.
ReplyDeletep.s. love the addition of "What Is It?" to the blog. And Greece looks amazing!!
Some people have been close, but not right on. Don't forget, I said it was about 18 inches tall... I will post the answer later today, but I'll give a little more time for some guesses.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a furnace (or air conditioner, depending on the weather). You place it over a fire and the heat comes out the hole/or over ice.
ReplyDeleteGary says it's for douching. You figure that one out.
Sorry about your luggage, dirty clothes are better than none. Gary and Jayanne
OK - I'll try again... Could it be a type of space heater to heat up a room? It could be filled with oil or kindling like Dan suggested - but be used to heat the space and not just a pot.
ReplyDeleteGot it! It's an ancient Greek potty training device!
ReplyDeleteOK - further clarification. Child sits in larger opening on the top, with legs coming through the large front opening.
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