Discovered a 3,400 year old Egyptian Stone Anchor.

[Wotname]

Originally Posted by JPA Cate

Due to the fact that the hieroglyphs translate to mean, "in the hands of the lady of the house of books," I'd suggest that it was an anchor that was in the testing laboratory, where it's holding results would be recorded in the appropriate scroll.

Ann

Ya think???

I would have thought (perhaps erroneously) she would have used a tablet - not so much different than what we do today...

[RaymondR]

It's not an anchor, it's a crocodile whacker, the hole was for the rope handle, they are still in use in parts of the upper Nile today.

[pbmaise]

The anchor obviously held, but

The line broke, the monkey got choked
and they all went to heaven in a little rowboat.

[Nepidae]

Now that its been found and it has the owners name on it, it could be returned for a reward.

[sailorboy1]

Originally Posted by Montanan

Okay, let the debate begin, will this recently discovered 3,400 year old, Egyptian Stone Anchor drag easily or it will set and hold well?

https://abcnews.go.com/International...ve_twopack_hed

That is a page from the Thursday Egyptian newspaper 3400 years ago. Just like today the page has a hole in it

[Disailor]

Plenty of good chuckles in this thread!ll

[Compass790]

Might have been a forerunner of a cement shoe

[Dulcesuenos]

I'm pretty sure the hieroglyphics show a man and a woman arguing about h9w to anchor

Originally Posted by meirriba

We need a specialist to read the hieroglyphs, but may be these are ground holding spells. If such is the case, gods will ensure it never slips.

[seamaiden]

Originally Posted by pbmaise

The anchor obviously held, but

The line broke, the monkey got choked
and they all went to heaven in a little rowboat.

Wonderful! I haven't heard that since I was a little girl sailing with my parents in Maine...my father recited it (along with other tidbits of humor and tales) - 50 -55 years ago.

[groundtackle]

[QUOTE=Disailor;3076148]Plenty of good chuckles in this thread!ll[/QUOTE

Giggling too..

Pretty sure it's just one boat buck.
Imagine throwing down 5 or 6 of those for your watermaker.