First ever smiley face?

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This jug, dated 1700BC, was unearthed in 2003 in an archeologically dig on the Turkish-Syrian border, but the smiley face was not revealed until this Hittite piece was restored in 2017.  Word is it would have been used for drinking sherbet, a sweet drink….I wonder how they determined that?

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9 thoughts on “First ever smiley face?

  1. OH YEAH! No seriously, that’s the Kool aid dudes great great great great great great grandpappy. Sherbet?? More like Kool aid (a sweet drink).

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  2. Nice to have your acquaintence.. Well…I’m a born raised in Istanbul Turkiye octogenarian…I’ve seen quite a few of these in the museums back there. Now, living in the Western part of this globe, I feel privileged for having studied the history, anthropology and all the fine arts of that culture. BTW, the drink most likely would have been KIMIZ (as early as 12-13th cent.) a fermented sweetish drink made of mare’s milk. Used by nomadic Turkic, Uygur and many other tribes. Dee Tezelli, on Amazon Books. Cheers.

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