Up, around, in, and down.
Up, around, in, and down.
Up, around, in, and down.
This YouTube video shows clearly that there are handles of the same size, shape, and location on both sides of the top of the graffito inscribed Greek vessel on Ossuary 6 from the so-called “Patio Tomb” in Talpiyot, Jerusalem.
The video also examines Dr. James Tabor’s claims that the lines comprising the handles are merely “imagined,” “made by mistake,” “unconnected,” “randomly scratched,” “stray lines,” “random mark,” “random scratch,” and “not there.”
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to respond below.
For background, see:
YouTube Tutorial on Correcting for Perspective in Photoshop: “Jonah Ossuary” Edition
YouTube Video: Digitally Manipulated “Fish in the Margins” Imagery on the so-called “Jonah Ossuary”
what handles? these handles. and fish don’t have handles
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Great job, Bob! This is devastating!
“Fish don’t have handles.” This line cracks me up every time.
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I see what you refer to as “handles” but why handles? Perhaps they represent something else. Also, what about what appears to be the stick figure of a person and a tangle of something (seaweed?) around his head at the base (or the fish’s mouth). Also, regarding the amphora idea…how can an amphora jug stand upright on a pointed bottom, unless it is intended to be placed in a stand?
hemispherical base, which is what is depicted.