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The Metcalf Stone

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"While looking for stones to make a barbecue pit in 1966, Manfred Metcalf picked up a slab of sandstone about 230 mm square at Fort Benning, near his home in Chattahoochee County, Georgia (USA). It carries an inscribed text that Cyrus Gordon (1909-2001) . . . thought it might be an inventory, using a form of the Minoan Linear A script that was developing towards a true alphabetic script, the origin of the Classical Greek alphabet."
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  • Text and image from "The Metcalf Stone" (Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews)


Blog Posts and Articles
  • "Mystery of the Metcalf Stone" (Ersjdamoo's Blog, 9/24/2012)
  • "The Metcalf Stone" (Keith Fitzpatrick-Matthews, 8/17/2007)

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