The Hattusa Green Stone is a roughly cubic block of what is believed to be nephrite standing in the remains of the Great Temple at Hattusa, capital of the Hittites in the late Bronze Age. Now on the hill above Boğazkale, in the Turkish Province of Çorum, Hattusa is a World Heritage Site.
The original purpose is unknown, but serves as a tourist attraction today.
The stone measures 69cm (27in) per side, and weighs about 1,000 kilograms (2,200lb). It is supposed by some to have had a religious use or purpose, but what that may have been is unknown. The suggestion has been made that it may have been merely the base of a statue, however the stone is the only one of its kind found at Hattusa. --WP, with some JE edits
So, not quite the Voynich Manuscript, but an interesting object nonetheless. And quite a bit heavier(!)
In the Lebanese city of Tyre, I visited the ancient ruins & saw an identical stone --u/Msqueefmaker
Surely it was a tourist attraction back then too.
“Hey guys look at our cool green rock! Bet you wish you had a cool green rock too.”
I'm daydreaming that giants once walked the earth, and those giants liked to game. One time a die fell of the table and rolled itself far enough that it got lost...
Years later the Hittites came along.
It’s 2026, I’m in my 40s, I would love to have a cool, green rock.
“MoooOOOM! Why can’t we get cool green rock?”
Then by the time everyone else has cool green rock, you finally get one for Christmas.
Whomever lifts it gets a free hernia repair!