11-08-2006, 05:37 PM
I think ceramic would probably be too fragile- a good impact with anything and you'd need a new one...
As for the couple of tombstones that seem to show two, well two weights doesn't make a ton of sense either :lol: Besides, the one I've seen is VERY stylized- the man looks like a cherub, the upper 'ball' is smaller than the lower one and there may or may not be a section of pyrimidal block above it, so for all any of us knows that 'ball' IS the block and the sculptor just made that detail weird like several others... Of course that doesn't speak to the nature of the balls, but then that's unsupported theory itself.
As for the couple of tombstones that seem to show two, well two weights doesn't make a ton of sense either :lol: Besides, the one I've seen is VERY stylized- the man looks like a cherub, the upper 'ball' is smaller than the lower one and there may or may not be a section of pyrimidal block above it, so for all any of us knows that 'ball' IS the block and the sculptor just made that detail weird like several others... Of course that doesn't speak to the nature of the balls, but then that's unsupported theory itself.
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