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DrTachyon

[Trailhead?] Strange letter and key

Ameli�

Well... from first looks, the logo in the middle looks like it has Hebrew writing on it? or something simular.

My dad learnt it a long time ago so il ask him in the morning - but it looks like the first letter is a "S" or a "M"

also please give us pictures of everything asap, we cant really do much with only a logo ^^

**Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 10:21 pm

DrTachyon

The symbol is a combination of Oxford's three crowns and the torah in the Yale symbol. The elements themselves are common, but that seal is (I believe) brand new.

Anyway here are the pics

**Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 10:37 pm

Ameli�

Probably nothing, but searching for 1913, hebrew and digging brought up

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shechem

which was excavated in 1913.

just thinking out loud.

also the form looks like a archive form for artifacts.. for archaeology

p.s the lettering on the symbol is NOT the same as the yale one below:

[img]http://5.hidemyass.com/ip-1/encoded/Oi8vdXBsb2FkLndpa2ltZWRpYS5vcmcvd2lraXBlZGlhL2NvbW1vbnMvdGh1bWIvMC8wNy9ZYWxlX1VuaXZlcnNpdHlfU2hpZWxkXzEuc3ZnLzIyMHB4LVlhbGVfVW5pdmVyc2l0eV9TaGllbGRfMS5zdmcucG5n[/img]

The one on the letter ends with a "m" like symbol that is not on the yale one

edit 2: My friend said the first word on our symbol looks like "Lakes" and the second word doesn't even look like a word, possibly a mixture of languages.

edit 3: it could be a messed up attempt at אורים ותומים which means "Oracle"
*shrugs* grasping at straws as ive not slept yet Razz

**Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 10:42 pm

Adm_BlackCat

It looks like there's some faint writing on the top part of the form.

**Posted:** Tue May 21, 2013 6:38 am

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JumboTron

The faint writing could be a red-herring. DrTachyon's initial post said that a handwritten letter was on the back of one of the forms. I took that to mean literally written on the back of the form...

Any chance of seeing the letter please? You'd probably need to blank out your name.

Interesting that they referred to you by name. Have you checked wikipedia for people with the same name as yourself - maybe around 100 years ago?

**Posted:** Tue May 21, 2013 8:06 am

Ameli�

Im a bit confused as to why no one else has spoken up to say they have received the same package... i very much doubt if its a trailhead (and that the OP is not the PM) that only one person would receive it.

**Posted:** Tue May 21, 2013 1:51 pm

DrTachyon

That's why I posted it here. I was hoping someone else got a key as well. The letter is just pen handwritten on the back of the yellow paper. It's exactly as I typed it, no hidden content at all.

The only other clue is on the envelope - The upper left, where the return address would be is hand written N/LVS 5/15

Since the postmark of the letter is 5/13, I take 5/15 to mean 5 out of 15 as in perhaps 15 other clues were sent out in total.

**Posted:** Tue May 21, 2013 7:50 pm

DrTachyon

Oh, and I wikipedia'd the heck out of things. no luck so far.

**Posted:** Tue May 21, 2013 7:51 pm

MrToasty

I can't say as I have seen a key like that before.

**Posted:** Wed May 22, 2013 12:34 am

vapor

**Posted:** Wed May 22, 2013 12:40 am

MrToasty

Yeah, I tried looking up safe deposit keys with no luck. I have seen divot repair tools like that though.

**Posted:** Wed May 22, 2013 1:02 am

drizjr · Unfictologist Joined: 28 Nov 2003 Posts: 1700

Shouldn't it be "stationery" with an E, unless it's a clue?

**Posted:** Wed May 22, 2013 3:04 am

Ameli�

**Posted:** Wed May 22, 2013 3:30 am

JumboTron

Drawing a

on this one...

The return address (N/LVS) is a bit odd. I assume that's an abbreviation for a place? North LVS...? New LVS...?

What about postage costs? Were stamps on the envelope, or was it franked mail?

**Posted:** Wed May 22, 2013 8:24 am