The inscribed stone (the "90-foot stone"): drawing

Not kept here. This copy isn't ours to show. See it where it's published.

The cipher reproduced in modern books. Joltes traces it to Kempton's 1949 correspondence with Frederick Blair; it was not drawn from the stone, which no one had seen for decades, so it is a reconstruction, not a copy.

A. T. Kempton, as printed by Edward Rowe Snow in True Tales of Buried Treasure (1949), p. 32, 1804. publisher

Copies 1

DrawingA. T. Kempton, as printed by Edward Rowe Snow in True Tales of Buried Treasure (1949), p. 32 · criticalenquiry.org · 1949 · publisher1 step from the original

Where it's published

Where it was made

The money pit · Excavation

Sources 6

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). The inscribed stone (the "90-foot stone"): drawing [Copy CPY0D52XY7A6346]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/CPY0D52XY7A6346

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  title     = {The inscribed stone (the "90-foot stone"): drawing},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Artifact, catalog key CPY0D52XY7A6346},
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