Could it have been a smelter? to make greek fire to pour over enemys attempting to take cover in the shelter of the walls? Byzantium and the Greeks had been using it for many centuries, perhaps.....?
Could it have been a smelter? to make greek fire to pour over enemys attempting to take cover in the shelter of the walls? Byzantium and the Greeks had been using it for many centuries, perhaps.....?
Perhaps someone was "hoist by their own petard". I don't think many survived and I am not sure of material used in early ones from the 1600s. Could it be bronze?
Nice find anyway.
I hope you are extremely careful chipping away material. You may make a mistake and ruin a valuable artifact. In fact if I were you I would show this item to a anthropoligist, or similar professional. No doubt you will be money ahead, and that is always a good thing.
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