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Title: Rare Viking toy found
Post by: Imperial Dave on August 30, 2024, 09:22:16 PM
https://www.foxnews.com/world/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-toy-iceland-disagree-animal-figurines-classification

Peter Pig...!
Title: Re: Rare Viking toy found
Post by: Jim Webster on August 30, 2024, 09:26:45 PM
Quote from: Imperial Dave on August 30, 2024, 09:22:16 PMhttps://www.foxnews.com/world/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-toy-iceland-disagree-animal-figurines-classification

Peter Pig...!

My first thought when scrolling down was that it was a pig
Title: Re: Rare Viking toy found
Post by: Imperial Dave on August 31, 2024, 06:53:47 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Rare Viking toy found
Post by: Ian61 on August 31, 2024, 08:29:41 AM
Looks like a pig to me.
Of course it could be almost any quadruped if you squint. ???
Title: Re: Rare Viking toy found
Post by: Imperial Dave on August 31, 2024, 08:47:44 AM
Pour pitch on it!
Title: Re: Rare Viking toy found
Post by: Erpingham on August 31, 2024, 09:02:50 AM
I have been caught out by medieval depictions of boars and bears before - they can look surprisingly similar.  However, the way this one is holding its tail over its back says pig to me.

Title: Re: Rare Viking toy found
Post by: Imperial Dave on August 31, 2024, 10:30:59 AM
Oink think you're right...
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