Beverage Container
Assyrian, circa 1983 BCE
In the days before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Assyrian artisans and scholars would gather in the city central square and drink a thick dark beverage and read books.
The beverage was a proprietary mixture of gum arabic, crushed hemlock, and powdered eggplant. It was not particularly appetizing but it did quench the thirst on a hot desert evening.
This delicate and extremely fragile drinking cup was discovered in brilliantly-uncirculated mint condition by an amateur paleontological student working under a grant from the University of Epocan Department of Antiquities.
Unfortunately, the stupid student dropped the vessel on the way to the cataloging tent. It was subsequently reassembled and glued back together by indigenous natives. It looks almost as good as new…except for a few missing pieces.
Tags: antiques roadshow, archaeology, global warming pandemic, humor, starbucks
January 8, 2009 at 5:55 am |
Ah yes, the mug of the famous Assyrian teacher “Starbuck”
Funny post!