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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2970159, member: 10461&quot;]I think [USER=82322]@Ed Snible[/USER] nailed it!&nbsp; Nice work.</p><p><br /></p><p>But what are the little &quot;spiny&quot; protrusions on top?&nbsp; One wonders.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I had to <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uraei" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uraei" rel="nofollow">look that word up</a>.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><font size="6"><b>uraei</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p><i>See also:</i> <b><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ur%C3%A6i" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ur%C3%A6i" rel="nofollow">uræi</a></b></p><p><font size="5"><b>English</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Noun</b></font></p><p><b>uraei</b></p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p> <ol> <li><ol> <li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#plural_number" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#plural_number" rel="nofollow">plural</a> of <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uraeus#English" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uraeus#English" rel="nofollow">uraeus</a></li> </ol></li> </ol> <blockquote><p><font size="4"><b>Anagrams</b></font></p></blockquote><p> <ul> <li><ul> <li><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aurei#English" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aurei#English" rel="nofollow">aurei</a></li> </ul></li> </ul><p><font size="3">(Hmm.&nbsp; Funny how the anagram is also ancient coin-related.)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>OK, so for those who were as clueless as I was, &quot;uraei&quot; is plural for &quot;<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uraeus#English" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uraeus#English" rel="nofollow">uraeus</a>&quot;, and that&#039;s the snakey (sacred asp, or cobra) protrusion seen in Egyptian statuary and art, as on King Tut&#039;s hat, here:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Mannequin_of_Tutankhamun.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uraeus#English" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uraeus#English" rel="nofollow">Wikimedia Commons</a> </font></p><p><br /></p><p>So this means that those could be little <i>snake heads</i> on top of the vase, or whatever you call it? Interesting![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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