Posted on 11/29/2004 12:26:38 PM PST by blam
Date Added:Nov 24 2004
Inscribed Bricks Unearthed South of Iran
Iran-11/23/2004
In the latest round of archeological excavations at the historical site of Enshan, Fars province, Iranian and American archeologists have unearthed several inscribed bricks and a seal dating back to the mid-Elamite era (1100 BC).Enshan is regarded as one of the capitals of the Elamites and is rich in cultural heritage artifacts ranging from the Elamite to the Achamenid era (3500 BC to 500 AD).
Dr. Kamyar Abdi, an instructor of Dartmouth College in the United States told Cultural Heritage News (CHN) agency that in the course of excavations in the past several weeks, his team unearthed six bricks dating back to 3,000 years bearing inscriptions identical with those from the Elamite era.
He said that the bricks are baked and studies on them will reveal useful information about the mid-Elamite era which is of special significance in archeological studies.
Abdi said that the bricks will be handed over to the experts of inscriptions for deciphering. Meanwhile, American explorations have so far led to the discovery of 25 bricks bearing inscriptions whose translation indicated that Melian historical mound is the same place as Enshan historical city.
The third round of excavation at Enshan historical city was carried out by 20 experts which included two American archeologists from Michigan University and Dartmouth College.
Specialists from Iran's Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) from Tehran, Abhar and Marvdasht are accompanying them.
In addition to the bricks, one clay seal was also unearthed.
Abdi said that portrait of a human being has been inscribed on the seal. Studies will be carried out to identify the date of the seal. Melian historical site or Enshan historical city is located at Beiza district of Sepidan in Fars province. Its area is 200 hectares.
..translated..."BUSH IN 04"
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And lemme guess, they read, "Death to America" right?
They say "Allah sucks."
Nope. Here's the translation:
"We have a new product that we offer to you, C_I_A_L_I_S soft tabs"
Nope, it says, "McDonald's: I'm lovin' it!"
LOL, I like yours better! :o)
You are now with child and you will have a son. You shall name him Ishmael ...
If they are inscribed with a date of "1100 BC", I would demand further varification as to their authenticity before speding a lot of money on Ebay for them!
More on the translation:
"Hi
How are the kids?
Everything is fine here except Abram knocked up the maid. "
They'd make great bookends! I'll put them with my Virgin-Mary sandwich!
Did dan rather find these?
Ezra 4
Opposition to the Rebuilding
1 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD , the God of Israel, 2 they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of the families and said, "Let us help you build because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here."
3 But Zerubbabel, Jeshua and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel answered, "You have no part with us in building a temple to our God. We alone will build it for the LORD , the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us."
4 Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building. [1] 5 They hired counselors to work against them and frustrate their plans during the entire reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Later Opposition Under Xerxes and Artaxerxes
6 At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, [2] they lodged an accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
7 And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic script and in the Aramaic language. [3] , [4]
8 Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:
9 Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary, together with the rest of their associates-the judges and officials over the men from Tripolis, Persia, [5] Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa, 10 and the other people whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal [6] deported and settled in the city of Samaria and elsewhere in Trans-Euphrates.
11 (This is a copy of the letter they sent him.)
To King Artaxerxes,
From your servants, the men of Trans-Euphrates:
12 The king should know that the Jews who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring the walls and repairing the foundations.
13 Furthermore, the king should know that if this city is built and its walls are restored, no more taxes, tribute or duty will be paid, and the royal revenues will suffer. 14 Now since we are under obligation to the palace and it is not proper for us to see the king dishonored, we are sending this message to inform the king, 15 so that a search may be made in the archives of your predecessors. In these records you will find that this city is a rebellious city, troublesome to kings and provinces, a place of rebellion from ancient times. That is why this city was destroyed. 16 We inform the king that if this city is built and its walls are restored, you will be left with nothing in Trans-Euphrates.
17 The king sent this reply:
To Rehum the commanding officer, Shimshai the secretary and the rest of their associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in Trans-Euphrates:
Greetings.
18 The letter you sent us has been read and translated in my presence. 19 I issued an order and a search was made, and it was found that this city has a long history of revolt against kings and has been a place of rebellion and sedition. 20 Jerusalem has had powerful kings ruling over the whole of Trans-Euphrates, and taxes, tribute and duty were paid to them. 21 Now issue an order to these men to stop work, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order. 22 Be careful not to neglect this matter. Why let this threat grow, to the detriment of the royal interests?
23 As soon as the copy of the letter of King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum and Shimshai the secretary and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and compelled them by force to stop.
24 Thus the work on the house of God in Jerusalem came to a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Cordially,
Big deal! Look at the picture and you'll see how crudely they were made, and the writing looks like jibberish. Go down to the Magic Kingdom and you'll see literally thousands of them, all nice and rectangular, and the writing is nice and neat and in regular English!
Geography Time!
Anybody have a map? Wouldn't "South of Iran" be in the Indian Ocean/Persian Gulf?
From an ancient elamite textbook.....
In case of fire, throw this in.......
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