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From: Glenn Stroup <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] mtDNA of H in Native American
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:22:29 -0400
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At 08:32 AM 3/23/2007, Cheryl wrote:

> The jaw-bone under which the Bat Creek Stone was found (mound 3
> Little Tennessee @ Bat Creek, 1894) was inscribed in Roman Era
> paleo-Hebrew - Rak leY'hudim = "Only for/to the Jews" - strangely
> disappeared from the Smithsonian collection just when efforts were
> being made to have it dated. :-{

The location of the find caught my eye, since I live in East
Tennessee, so I did a Internet search on "Bat Creek Stone" and found
that the stone is at the McClung Museum in Knoxville, TN, on loan
from the Smithsonian. Also noted that there's also a theory that the
inscription is possibly Welsh.

Glenn Stroup

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