Originally posted by ChaoticOrder
reply to post by Hanslune
What is this supposed to be (thing in the box)? It's looks like it was some sort of electrical cell or a transformer perhaps. edit: yeah it definitely
looks more like a transformer. It seems to have a toroid-type iron core with two windings wrapped around each end. Fascinating.
edit: here's a pic to help you understand what I'm talking about:
And this actually looks like it might be a cubit ruler, not just a box. Look at the lines etched along the top.
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Originally posted by Blackmarketeer
To the poster above: Those appear to be bracelets in a jewelry box, and not a "transformer".
Originally posted by Nyiah
reply to post by ChaoticOrder
The top photo looks like a bracelet box to me, complete with several pieces. Have you never seen modern ones for sale displayed on such a thing? Some
larger jewelry hutches do have these as well, for the very purpose of safe keeping. Perhaps this type of storage for them is nothing new at all.
The box, I'm sure, is a linens box. I didn't catch the dimensions, but if it was a measuring device, it would have been awfully large & cumbersome to
use, considering placement & apparent size in the replica photo.
I thought bracelet box at first and still do, but I must admit it is strange taht the bracelets are locked onto each of the two cylinders by something
like giant golden washers at the ends, and also strange that the two cylinders are linked at each end with a bar of what looks like rusted iron. I
don't think this is anything but a bracelet box though - it's a Queen's tomb, jewelry in an ornate box is kinda expected.
(edit: can anybody see an easy way the bracelets could be taken off the cylinders? to me it looks like they would have to take out the two bars, ten
unbolt the washer things and then slide off as many bracelets as you need to get to the one you want. kinda weird. maybe jewelry works differently in
the afterlife though?)
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