Dear Helmut,

You requested opinions.  If what you report is accurate, I suspect fraud or
hoax:

How did the Latinist scribe know Christus was going to be born in 300 years?
Why didn't he use Roman (vs. Arabic) numerals?
Why didn't he decline "Christus" as "Christum?"

This is MEMORIAL DAY - not April Fool's Day,
Harry


At 03:55 PM 5/28/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I wanted to inform you that they've made a remarkable found in the
>Mediterranean. The found at a depth of 800 m
>in the Bacine of Sardegna  a Spondylus gussonii sitting on an amphora dated
>with the following inscription
>300 anni ante Christus. Is this not spectacular or interesting. Your
>opinions please
>thanks. with best shelling greetings
>Helmut Nisters
>
>Helmut "Helix" Nisters
>Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
>A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Innsbruck
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>always looking for shellgrit from all over the world
>for my nearly 89 years aged mother Irmgard
>to makes happy and to keep up her health
>
>office:
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>Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
>Feldstrasse 11 a
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>         Tiroler Landesmuseum molluscs collection
>         are always appreciated)

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