The nine copper plates. Top row: Plates 1–3. Middle row: Plates 4–6. Bottom row: Plates 7–9. Scale in centimetres.
The nine copper plates. Top row: Plates 1–3. Middle row: Plates 4–6. Bottom row: Plates 7–9. Scale in centimetres.
Looks like those metal stamps we engraved back in junior high art class.
One of the plates bears 34 characters, which is the longest known single Indus script inscription.
I wonder what that means for decipherment efforts.
Call Glenn Beck. Or that Smith guy....
Has anybody seen my good Water Buffalo serving tray?
Aside from some oil discoveries, introduction of gasoline/diesel vehicles, there is virtually no indication of any progress since these plates.
IOW Iraq, Pakistan, and other ancient “cradles of civilization.”
Very interesting. Some of the characters look very close to germanic/nordic runes, and of course we know from comparing mythologies and languages that Germanic peoples spent some time in the area.
The style of drawing reminds me of the Lascaux cave paintings though.