Source:Nibley:CW06:Ch2:5 - Revision history

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	<onlyinclude>[In the 1950s] some silver plates from the time of Lehi have turned up not far from his home. They were found in the "Bertiz" valley, carefully laid away in a bronze vessel. The plates measured 4.5 by 5 centimeters, were quite thin, and were entirely covered with writing, twenty-two lines of Semitic characters "pressed into the metal with a hard sharp object." Almost at the same time small plates made of gold and silver foil and covered with Hebrew and Aramaic inscriptions were found: they seem to have been carried about as talismans, and the writing on them included magic words and names of power, along with the name of the God of Israel.<ref>{{Book:Nibley:CW06\|pages=[http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1107&index=5 Chapter 2], citing Muhibble Aüstock-Darga, "Semitische Inschriften auf Silbertäfelchen aus dem 'Bertiz'-Tal," ''Jahrbuch für kleinasiatische Forschung'' 1 (1950): 199—200 and André Dupont-Sommer, "Deux lamelles d'argent Ã inscription hébréo-araméenne trouvés Ã Agabeyli (Turquie)," ''Jahrbuch für kleinasiatische Forschung'' 1 (1950): 201—17.}}</ref></onlyinclude>		{{FME-Source
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			===Plates from Lehi's era===

			[In the 1950s] some silver plates from the time of Lehi have turned up not far from his home. They were found in the "Bertiz" valley, carefully laid away in a bronze vessel. The plates measured 4.5 by 5 centimeters, were quite thin, and were entirely covered with writing, twenty-two lines of Semitic characters "pressed into the metal with a hard sharp object." Almost at the same time small plates made of gold and silver foil and covered with Hebrew and Aramaic inscriptions were found: they seem to have been carried about as talismans, and the writing on them included magic words and names of power, along with the name of the God of Israel.<ref>{{Book:Nibley:CW06\|pages=[http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1107&index=5 Chapter 2], citing Muhibble Aüstock-Darga, "Semitische Inschriften auf Silbertäfelchen aus dem 'Bertiz'-Tal," ''Jahrbuch für kleinasiatische Forschung'' 1 (1950): 199—200 and André Dupont-Sommer, "Deux lamelles d'argent Ã inscription hébréo-araméenne trouvés Ã Agabeyli (Turquie)," ''Jahrbuch für kleinasiatische Forschung'' 1 (1950): 201—17.}}</ref></onlyinclude>

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			[[Category:Hugh Nibley]]
			[[Category:An Approach to the Book of Mormon]]
			[[Category:Collected Works of Hugh Nibley Vol. 06]]
			[[Category:Book of Mormon/Anthropology/Metal plates\|Metal plates]]
			[[Category:Book of Mormon/Anthropology/Culture/Old World\|Old World]]

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<onlyinclude>[In the 1950s] some silver plates from the time of Lehi have turned up not far from his home. They were found in the "Bertiz" valley, carefully laid away in a bronze vessel. The plates measured 4.5 by 5 centimeters, were quite thin, and were entirely covered with writing, twenty-two lines of Semitic characters "pressed into the metal with a hard sharp object." Almost at the same time small plates made of gold and silver foil and covered with Hebrew and Aramaic inscriptions were found: they seem to have been carried about as talismans, and the writing on them included magic words and names of power, along with the name of the God of Israel.<ref>{{Book:Nibley:CW06|pages=[http://publications.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/fullscreen/?pub=1107&index=5 Chapter 2], citing Muhibble Aüstock-Darga, "Semitische Inschriften auf Silbertäfelchen aus dem 'Bertiz'-Tal," ''Jahrbuch für kleinasiatische Forschung'' 1 (1950): 199—200 and André Dupont-Sommer, "Deux lamelles d'argent Ã inscription hébréo-araméenne trouvés Ã Agabeyli (Turquie)," ''Jahrbuch für kleinasiatische Forschung'' 1 (1950): 201—17.}}</ref></onlyinclude>

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