--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@...>
wrote:

> suzmccarth wrote:
> > The relief blockprint cuneiform I saw is described here. I am not
> > sure what it is and I don't want to argue about it. It just seemed
> > like an interesting detail.
>
> Did you even _read_ this description before you posted it?

No, I just looked at the pictures. :)

> It is _not_ a cuneiform clay tablet, but it is claimed to be a stamp
> with which building-brick inscriptions were stamped into bricks.
>
> Schoyen is very well known as a fantastically wealthy and credulous
> purchaser of fakes, so the genuineness of this object is prima facie
> highly suspect anyway.

Interesting.

Suzanne