Posted on 10/17/2015 8:10:25 AM PDT by ETL
the circular scratches are evidence of grinding a flat surface
i suspect the stone surface was ground flat with an ordinary grinder and might not really be old at all
The face of it has been ground flat with a power grinder. See the round swirls. Modern. Look for a high school/college male with a couple of power tools.
Looks like somebody wanted a handmade memorial stone for a grave to me. Not all that old, the text was stained for legibility.
I've been called away from this place, my task here is doneMaybe it was a greeting card company employee.
I leave early but don't be troubled for my soul is always with you
I've left behind a story, one in which [you're] all involved
And now it is your turn to fill up the final pages
My love will always stand like mountains mighty and unmoving
Look for me each night for I will rest underneath the stars
Hear me in the winds as destiny blows us closer
Forevermore
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Slowly it comes to me.....
the stone is contemporary, crafted from stone, soft and easy to work. the face was ground flat and the words carefully scratched into the prepared surface
it in not a tomb stone or grave marker. it is an ashes marker. it marks where the ashes of the departed were scattered into the river
We do seem to have trouble with contractions. :D)
“The group, in its triumvirate of rafts”?
Pat got just enough education to show how little she really knows.
Good or it could have been a prank by the friend who “accidentally” found it.
why does poetry make me want to barf...?
anyone?
Since it has a misspelling, it must be a hoax! /insidejoke
I inhale the sweet breeze that comes from thy mouth(Amarna-era poem from KV55 tomb)
I contemplate thy beauty every day.
It's my desire to hear thy lovely voice like the north wind's whiff.
Love will rejuvenate my limbs.
Give me thy hands that hold thy soul I shall embrace and live by it.
Call me by name again, again, forever and never will it sound without response.
I hope you have a VERY good alibi!
I think you have something here. The inscription looks very recent and the grammar error of your instead of you’re is interesting. I say it’s a prank.
“it in not a tomb stone or grave marker. it is an ashes marker. it marks where the ashes of the departed were scattered into the river”
You’ve done it again, Sherlock.
—Watson.
Reading it again, it could be a carved copy of note left to a loved one by the person who was dying of an illness.
An ashes marker is a brilliant deduction!
Ashes marker sounds very probable.
I found a really old stone was.
And I know it was old, because it was dated 12 B.C.!
Pond Eddy.
Hmm.
I note the misspelled “you’re”, means it was likely a shop class student from Port Jervis with a dremel.
I would have put fictitious script and a Cthulhu image.
Grinder marks on it, not very old.
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