tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post3920689439065701048..comments2024-03-12T17:34:02.225-04:00Comments on NT Blog: Questioning the Identity of Ossuary 4 in Talpiot Tomb BMark Goodacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-58919035347955290612012-03-19T00:31:33.555-04:002012-03-19T00:31:33.555-04:00Many thanks, James, for your helpful comments. I ...Many thanks, James, for your helpful comments. I look forward to the final report in due course. Cheers, MarkMark Goodacrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-49380796447996468982012-03-18T22:24:23.577-04:002012-03-18T22:24:23.577-04:00Mark, thanks for you continued diligence in these ...Mark, thanks for you continued diligence in these comparisons. Forgive me as I thought I had acknowledged your help in correcting my mistaken identification of the inside 'bones" shot of present ossuary 4. When we publish our final report, first on my blog, and then in an academic journal, we will surely give you credit, and anyone else who has assisted in your input on these matters, which is greatly appreciated. Our attempts to identify and match up the ossuaries with their present positions is not without difficulty and there are cases where we are not certain. Based on the e-mail I shared with you from our GE camera man I had confidently identified the inside shot as the one presently numbered ossuary 4. I think that is still the case, but you are correct, the person working on the chart giving "complete" findings put "plain" when our report, correctly, puts it as ornamented. As for the crack, it is entirely possible it was done in 1981 when the ossuaries were moved about, first by the IAA team, and later by the religious who apparently put them back in the niches. I think I mentioned to you various damage we observed including heavy crowbar chips on the edges of some of the ossuaries and so forth. When ossuaries are lifted and moved they can often crack. I have seen it happened twice at the Bet Shemesh warehouse even in the hands of the workers there who are quite skilled at handling them. In one case an entire ossuary imploded, as if by magic, just by lifting it up off a table. On the other hand. The main reason we concluded the inscribed ossuary was #4 today was because it was the only one we could not get to to film the far end--and we dearly wanted to get that inscription. We could be wrong but I don't think so. I welcome any further input you have. Many thanks...James D. Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18137109228365359971noreply@blogger.com