02-05-2010, 02:52 PM
Shlama akhi Sami Rabia,
That's correct. In the first image, the the two middle characters clearly read twenty-seven ??????. After that I was addressing the speculation that the Jesuits who discovered the monument later altered the text. I was considering if it were possible that the original text was 22 ?????? and was altered later to 27 ??????.
If one can erase strokes, it could be done, but since this is carved in stone, I don't see how that's possible.
bar Sinko
That's correct. In the first image, the the two middle characters clearly read twenty-seven ??????. After that I was addressing the speculation that the Jesuits who discovered the monument later altered the text. I was considering if it were possible that the original text was 22 ?????? and was altered later to 27 ??????.
If one can erase strokes, it could be done, but since this is carved in stone, I don't see how that's possible.
bar Sinko