Quote:
Originally Posted byDCHindley
At this site the whole inscription can be seen.
It looks to me like the Greek words DIACRHSTOV OGOISTIAS or maybe the reverse OGOISTIAS DIACRHSTOV
DIA ("dia" = through or by-means-of with words in Gentitive/Ablative case, because-of with words in accusative case)
CRHSTON ("ChrEston" = adjective χρηστός, accusative masculine singular -or- vocative neuter singular -or- accusative neuter singular -or- nominative neuter singular = virtuous, good, useful; docile, pleasant, kind. The online articles misspell this, leaving out the H/eta, and they also treat the letter that looks like an "N" as a Roman style "U", making this CRHSTOU = "ChrEstou" which is either the substantive χρήστης, genitive masculine singular = lender, or adjective χρηστός, genitive masculine/neuter singular = virtuous, good, useful; docile, pleasant, kind as above)
or alternatively
DIACRHSTON (possibly "thorougly good/useful")
O (I don't actually see it in the photo, but the masculine singular "ho" = "the" in the nominative case)
GOISTIAS ("goistais" = no regular word, but may be based on GOHS = "goEs" howling-street-magician, but with no forms approximating this spelling).
alternatively:
OGOISTAIS (not a known word, but could be the technical term for a religious association dedicated to the god Osogo or Ogoa, whom Strabo and Pausanias name as a divinity worshipped in Milas, in Caria)
or alternatively
OGOIS (not a known word, but see above regarding the god OGOA)
TAIS ("tais" = article ταῖς, dative feminine plural of the definite article "the")
which of course makes no sense.
I'd propose it is a drinking cup of the "Thoroughly useful association of Ogoa worshippers". Wine, anyone?
How about a cheap giveaway gift cup "Compliments of your creditor, the association of Ogoas worshippers." My mortgage lender likes to send me calendars to ensure I don't forget I owe them $170,000.
DCH
.
|
Very interesting and instructive.
In the course of my research it is sprung that Jesus, at least outside of Palestine, was appealed Xρηστός (Chrestos )(*), well as various other attributes, including "IESOUS". He was also a magician (see Celsus and the Talmud), as were also Simon Magus and Dositheus: all three accruing from school of magician-gnostic master John the Baptist. Jesus also resided for a certain time (three years circa) in Alexandria.
However, this does not mean that these data must necessarily be linked with the bowl that was found in the sea near Alexandria ...
Greetings
____________________________
Note:
(*) - Jesus, as well as a magician and an expert illusionist (hence the accusation of 'witchcraft', launched to him by the Jews of his time), was also a 'gnostic TEACHER', like John the Baptist, his former master. No coincidence that in the Gospels we find "GOOD teacher" (in greek 'Xρηστός Διδάσκαλος'): a clear attempt to try to disguise the true valence of the attribute 'Xρηστος', when applied to Jesus of Nazareth! (in fact the attribute 'Xρηστός', when applied to Jesus, did not mean that he was necessarily 'good')
Littlejohn
.
08-25-2010, 02:11 AM
