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So Robert Cargill posted another theory about the ball base of the figure on the Jonah Ossuary, which I believe is on the right track.
So I did a bit of perspective adjustment, myself… and guess what I found?
Below are the steps I took, as well as the assumptions I’ve made:
Step 1:
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| The original image, labeled “no cgi.” |
Step 2:
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| I rotated it so that the border at the bottom was flat. I believe that this was the intention of the artist and is a safe assumption that it was meant to be a baseline. I also marked the a stroke on the inscription |
Step 3:
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| I then, adjusted the aspect so that the two lines were perpendicular. |
Step 4:
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| What does the “ball” at the base look like NOW? |
My Conclusion:
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| Something like this is my guess. The base of a vessel. |
Peace,
-Steve
UPDATE: This article may have disappeared for about 10-15 minutes due to a mistake I made with the new blogger interface. Needless to explain, it’s back. 🙂
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Further developments on the shape of the “head of Jonah” now show it to be quite flat, and that the image is much more vessel-like than fish like when taken in its proper aspect and size. See:
The entire figure corrected for aspect ratio and distortion:
http://aramaicdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/03/little-bit-more-perspective-patio-tomb.html
How many of the photographs and reproductions aren’t faithful representations of what is actually on the ossuary:
http://aramaicdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/04/unfaithful-representation.html