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dittamedia · 10-10-2004, 10:04 PM

We can see that some of it does make sense, but still may be a con job. Since we can't make out the fourth character we can't be sure, an expert on Nambus who speaks Japanese, aka Nambulady, did one translation, I recognized the 'year 14' characters, and a Japanese-speaking Asian and a Chinese in my office also recognized the year 14 and characters, we can be sure that there is some correlation between the date 1940 and the'year 14' characters. I would emphasize that Teri came to no conclusions, and didn't know the context. I'm going to forward this url to her.Of course your friend's Japanese speakers may have had the benefit of the fourth character, and even if the dates correspond, of course the whole thing could still be bogus. What do your friend's friends say about the 'year 14' and 1940 date correlation mentioned above? As you mention, the rest of the inscription could just be some sounds slapped on, but it would be nice to know for sure (no, I'm not going to bid on it). The part that I find interesting is the notion that someone would go to this effort, make a correct mum, add half an inscription that could make sense, and then just add some nonsensical crap instead of just making the whole thing make sense. Again with no inference that this piece is genuine in some way..

10-10-2004, 10:04 PM	#17
dittamedia User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California Posts: 21 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	We can see that some of it does make sense, but still may be a con job. Since we can't make out the fourth character we can't be sure, an expert on Nambus who speaks Japanese, aka Nambulady, did one translation, I recognized the 'year 14' characters, and a Japanese-speaking Asian and a Chinese in my office also recognized the year 14 and characters, we can be sure that there is some correlation between the date 1940 and the'year 14' characters. I would emphasize that Teri came to no conclusions, and didn't know the context. I'm going to forward this url to her.Of course your friend's Japanese speakers may have had the benefit of the fourth character, and even if the dates correspond, of course the whole thing could still be bogus. What do your friend's friends say about the 'year 14' and 1940 date correlation mentioned above? As you mention, the rest of the inscription could just be some sounds slapped on, but it would be nice to know for sure (no, I'm not going to bid on it). The part that I find interesting is the notion that someone would go to this effort, make a correct mum, add half an inscription that could make sense, and then just add some nonsensical crap instead of just making the whole thing make sense. Again with no inference that this piece is genuine in some way..