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Occasional Papers Table of Contents, Vol. 13, 1985A Sumerian Inscription of the Fuente Magna, La Paz, Bolivia (5 pp) Alberto Marini 13-p 9Inscription on a large font or libation bowl, reported by a leading authority on Sumerian (bio. of author given). Newly
Identified Raetic Inscriptions (8 pp) Linus
Brunner 13-p 14 The author translates Raetic inscriptions using Semitic language. Algonkian
Signatures on a Treaty of A.D. 1681 (5 pp) Barry
Fell
13-p 22 The earliest known deed transaction in the Sutton, Massachusetts, area, reprinted by permission of the Sutton Historical Society. An
Inscribed Stone Club in Syke Museum, Germany (1 p) Barry
Fell 13-p 26 Fell translates Thai syllables on a club in the collection of the Kreis-museum in Syke, Germany. The script appears to reflect the Thai syllabary and probably could be translated as "Let the club strike." The style of the script suggests that the artifact is no more than 1,000 years old. A
Comment on the St. Patrick Legend (1 p) Glenn
A. Gentry 13-p 27 Refers to the organized destruction of stone phalli in Ireland by the early Christian missionaries. Virgil
in Iberic Script (2 pp) Barry Fell 13-p
28 ARMAVIVMQVECANOTROIAEQVI PRIMVSABORISITALIAM- FATOPROFVGVS LAVINIAQVE = "Of Arms and the man I sing..." by an early Iberic schoolboy c. 99 AD in an early uncial Latin script. Mogul
Coin found in Massachusetts (2 pp) Barry
Fell 13-p 30 Lorraine Passovoy brought to Fell's attention a coin which had been found in 1843 on the banks of the Connecticut river near Gill, Massachusetts. Fell identified it as a Mogul coin dating to the 17th century with a tri- lingual inscription in Bengali, Brahmi, and Urdu (the last in Arabic script). Epigraphers
Gather at Los Lunas (Photographs) (2 pp)
13-p 32 Two pages of photos of members of the Society visiting the Los Lunas Inscription in New Mexico: Rollin Gillespie, June & Phillip Leonard, George Morehouse, Bill McGlone, Rene Fell, Donal Buchanan, Barry Fell, Don Schockey, and Ruth Knudsen (along with others unidentified). Photos by J. Lawrence Williams, William R. McGlone, Don Shockey, and Rene Fell. Los Lunas Attracts Epigraphers (1 p) The Editors 13-p 34 Dr. Gunther Nollau of West Germany visited the Los Lunas site. He also met with Barry Fell, Gloria Farley and members of the Western Epigraphic Society to discuss the site.. Ancient
Punctuation and the Los Lunas Text (9 pp) Barry
Fell 13-p 35 Fell proves that the punctuation used in the text of the inscription is ancient. In
Memoriam: L. Lyle Underwood (2 pp) Bill
McGlone 13-p 42 A memorial to a great epigrapher and good friend who worked on the Los Lunas inscription. Photo shown. The text of the Las Lunas Decalogue as transcribed by Underwood is also shown. A Carthaginian Mosaic Depicting the Goddess Tanith (1 p) The Editors 13-p 43 Photo by Ella Footman of the mosaic taken in Sardinia in 1982. The
Los Lunas Inscriptions – A Geological Study (7 pp) George
E. Morehouse
13-p 44 A geologist (photo shown) looks at the site and concludes it is ancient. A Hebrew inscription at the top of the mesa is revealed. New York's Perch Lake Mounds (1 p) David De Laubenfels 13-p 51 He says that as many as 200 mounds are known, but their function is unknown. They seem to have been constructed over a span of 600 years. An
Inscribed Brass Casket of Dutch Origin (3 pp) Barry
Fell 13-p 51 Found in a refuse pile on the site of Miles Standish's property, Prescott, Connecticut. James Whittall provided the Society with a tracing of the inscription in 1984. Since the inscription was in Dutch, Fell had it trans- lated by a colleague in Antwerp. The translation is given, along with a roughly drawn graphic of the inscription. Norwegian
Rock Carvings (8 pp) Anders Hagen 13-p
54 From an official pamphlet of the Norwegian Information Service. It is based on the author's book, Rock Carvings in Norway. George Earl Phillips 1911-1984 (1 p) The Editors 13-p 61) A memorial to a member from Tempe, Arizona. Los
Milagros – What Are They? (1 p) Barry
Fell 13-p
62 These little tin pendants in the form of parts of human body are dedicatory artifacts. Documentary
Evidence for Writing in the Pre-Inca Andes (4 pp) Norman
Totten
13-p 63 17th century Spanish documents indicate the presence of writing in pre-Inca times. Egyptian
signs in the Hawaiian Islands - Part
II (29 pp) Ruth
Knudsen
13-p 67 Boulders in Luahiwa, Lanai, Hawaii, display symbols that appear to be similar to Egyptian hieroglyphs. From the Nevada Elders (2 pp) Vivian Olds 13-p 96The author, resident in Nevada, provides a statement by Indian tribal elders who are concerned about the present and future of their people. They urge a life in harmony with nature. Deciphering
American Indian Pictography (11 pp) Carol
Patterson 13-p
98 The author demonstrates how rock writing symbols were used and repeated. She shows how the symbols tie in to Indian sign language. [Carol later married John Rudolph and became Carol Patterson-Rudolph. She wrote an excellent book: Petroglyphs & Pueblo Myths of the Rio Grande.] Animal
Images and Zoolatry (7 pp) J. R. Dos
Santos Jr.
13-p 109 This article is in Portuguese. It cites Fell's decipherment of an inscription from northeast Portugal reported in Bronze Age America. Asturian Celts (1 p) Jesus Lopez Pacios 13-p 116 The
author congratulates Fell and Dos Santos on their discoveries relating to
northeast Portugal and points out that a long Ogam consaine inscription
deciphered by Fell as being in a Celtic language allied to Gaelic was located in
a part of the territory formerly occupied by Asturian Celts.
Teutonic Shields and Yule bread (17 pp) Henning Fikentscher 13-p 117 The
author explains ancient Teutonic shield designs and the the shaping of Yule
bread and relates them to pre-Christian beliefs. Biographic information on the
author is given. The
Han Tribes of the Dene (6 pp) Ethel G.
Stewart 13-p
134
She identifies the Han and Na-Hane of America with the Hon or Han of the Ta-tung-ho Valley in East Asia. Petroglyphs
of Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia (5 pp) Gai
Shanlin 13-p 140
Prehistoric inscriptions of the area are described and depicted. The Decipherment of Late Iberic, Part I (30 pp) Donal Buchanan 13-p 145 Twenty ancient inscriptions from Spain
written in Iberic script are described and deciphered. Sound-value categories
are established and explained. The Newport Round Church (5 pp) Clyde Keeler 13-p 175 Keeler discusses the old,
possibly Norse structure and two inscriptions on it (one found by him in 1975).
The Languages of Pictland (3 pp) Paul Karlsson Johnstone 13-p 180 The
author suggests
that Pictish is composed of three languages: Q-Celt, P-Celt, and Norse. He refers to
the so-called "Pictish Ogam" inscriptions. Curious Notation Marks at Polished Stone Sites in the Western Transvaal (11 pp) A. B. Page 13-p 183 The
author suggests that the marks may have a bearing on
the recording of events and rituals unknown. Methods
Available to the Ancients for Establishing the Meridian (9 pp) Charles C. Fulton
13-p
194 Sun-methods, solstiticial and equinoctal methods, and star methods are discussed. The
Petroglyphs of Anatolia (3 pp) Aysen
Akpinar 13-p 203
An article by a Turkish professor reprinted from Aramco World, Vol. 35, #2, March 1984. The
Adena Tablets (4 pp) Robert F. Lenhart
13-p 206
The author discusses tablets inscribed with intricate designs found at Adena sites. On the Cover Ancient
Hebrew Decalogue at Hidden Mountain, Los Lunas, New Mexico. Photo by William R.
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