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    "id": 5087,
    "subject": "whorl numbering and the seal of pas",
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    "first": "2008-07-04T18:36:00+00:00",
    "last": "2008-07-05T12:57:55+00:00"
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      "message_id": "<965586.26629.qm@web58210.mail.re3.yahoo.com>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Marc Aramini",
        "address": "marcaramini at yahoo.com"
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      "date": "2008-07-04T18:36:00+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) whorl numbering and the seal of pas",
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          "text": "I don&#39;t have it handy but there are a string of numbers and letters underground when silk finds the seal of pas before he picks u mamelta that I always thought must mean something.  I am no cryptologist and I have no idea how to approach deciphering this.  could it be related to a different base numbering system? probably not\n\n\n      "
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      "message_id": "<486F6FD3.3000401@gmail.com>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Dave Tallman",
        "address": "davetallman at msn.com"
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      "date": "2008-07-05T12:57:55+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) whorl numbering and the seal of pas",
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          "text": "Mark Aramini wrote:\nI don&#39;t have it handy but there are a string of numbers and letters underground when silk finds the seal of pas before he picks u mamelta that I always thought must mean something.  I am no cryptologist and I have no idea how to approach deciphering this.  could it be related to a different base numbering system? probably not\n\n  "
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          "text": "The two rows of aligned nunbers made me think of the \"sign of addition\" \nthat Silk was always making. Maybe adding the numbers would get something.\n\n5553 8783 4223  9700 34\n2221 0401 1101  7276 56\n-----------------------\n7774 9184 5324 16976 90\n\nThe first number \"7774\" makes me think of the old inverted-number \ncalculator message \"7734\" or \"hell\". This one would be \"hlll\". The 90 at \nthe end is somewhat interesting, too."
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