Everyone has those nifty blue hippos from some Egyptian dig (sold by the
Met?), and here's an opportunity for some archaeology-minded person to
branch out and make some bucks and still be close to the field.
I want to know if anyone tried drinking from it like we are all tempted
when we find a smoking pipe (which reminds me of a story about some
meso-american enema tubes that were mistaken for smoking pipes)
(I'm still getting responses to the request for why people are leaving or
have left the profession, but hope to have it all summarized in a little
bit. - I have heard from about 25 people so far, and more wouldn't hurt so
please send them on!)
Dan W.
At 02:43 PM 2/16/01 -0800, you wrote:
>I want one!
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mary Ellin D'Agostino <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Friday, February 16, 2001 12:27 PM
>Subject: FW: The Love Mug
>
>
>>>From Yahoo!News:
>><http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010214/od/drinking_dc_1.html>
>>
>>Wednesday February 14 7:47 AM ET
>>Old 'Drinking Penis' Goes on Display
>>LONDON (Reuters) - A unique, 300-year-old phallic shaped drinking cup
>>discovered in a London cess pit by archeologists is to go on display at a
>>museum in the capital on Wednesday, Valentine's Day.
>>The Museum of London said that the unusual receptacle is around
>>six-and-a-half inches (16 cm) long, hollow, made from tin-glazed
>earthenware
>>and ``rendered with exact anatomical precision.''
>>``A small cup above the testicles suggests that the vessel was used to
>>contain liquid, possibly wine, beer or ale,'' the museum said in a
>>statement.
>>``Phallic objects were common in the Roman and Medieval periods but this is
>>the only known tin-glazed example of early modern date.''
>>Ruth Panes, the field archeologist who found the artifact, said she got ``a
>>bit of a shock'' on making the discovery before bursting into laughter when
>>she realized what it was.
>>The drinking penis will eventually join a selection of 18th century
>>pornographic tiles found in central London and held at the Museum of
>London.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Mary Ellin D'Agostino, PhD, RPA
>>Post-Doctoral Fellow
>>Archaeological Research Facility
>>University of California
>>Berkeley, CA 94720-1076
>>510-236-2303
>>[log in to unmask]
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