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>From: Megan Springate <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Mystery Object
>Date: Fri, Jun 30, 2000, 7:54 AM
>

> Greetings.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas what the function of this object is? It is
> slate, with a hole drilled in one end. The grid showing on the picture is
> 10 squares to the inch. Any help is appreciated.
>
> http://www.digitalpresence.com/histarch/object.gif
>
> Megan Springate
>