Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/28

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Subject: [Leica] PAW 3
From: geebee at geebeephoto.com (GeeBee)
Date: Sun Nov 28 13:22:32 2004
References: <1aefbcd1af0343.1af03431aefbcd@shaw.ca>

> Chandos Michael Brown writes in part
>
> > These artifacts, which are currently the subject of
> > investigation, were recovered from a plantation site in coastal South
> > Carolina.  Their purpose is presently unknown, but they are remarkable
> > evidence of some degree of Arabic script literacy among presumably
> > Muslim slaves in late 18th century North America.  This sort of
> > archeological evidence is fugitive, to say the least, and we are very
> > excited to have acquired them.
> >
> Very interesting historic PAW; both wrt the script and the fact that these
survive intact for so many years. Do you know what was written exactly?
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Digital back for the 'R' imminent :-)

--Graham (running for cover)



Replies: Reply from daniel.ridings at edd.uio.no (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] PAW 3)
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