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What could this carved stone with inscriptions found in an old Bangkok shop house represent?

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Mar 8, 2024
a year ago
Matthew **********
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“…and everything else.”

Our family’s 1960s shop house in Bangkok is being torn down. I found this carved stone there. Any idea what it might be? Chinese motif.
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A user in Bangkok discovered a carved stone during the demolition of their family's 1960s shop house, sparking a discussion about its possible origins and meanings. Comments suggest various interpretations, with some thinking it might be a structural piece, while others humorously theorize about its inscription relating to bad luck. Suggestions for further research include using Google Lens and consulting experts in Thai heritage.
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Mark ************
it says 10 years bad luck if found... ! :)
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Jo **********
did you steal it
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Jason *******
I have sent s picture to professor Lara Croft she has indicated it’s not a relic from any of the tombs she has raided

However Rick o’connel specializes in Egypt and mummies is interested and Benjamin Franklin is not interested in a national treasure type way

Good luck with your search
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@Jason ******
 very funny Jason
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Robert ************
Ancient Mayan from Mexico’s Yukatán Peninsula. How it got to Thailand is anybody’s guess. Maybe a rich Thai was a collector of antiquities from other places in the world.
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Rick *********
Check it for spyware
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Pete **********
It’s a spirit stone with an inscription stating who ever moves it will have bad luck for ten years!
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 True or not, it would be a cool feature to incorporate it somewhere into the new build or renovation.
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Matthew **********
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It’s heavy but, we are moving it to the garden of our new house. In the meantime, I am trying to identify it in case it has some historical value.
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He knows a lot about chinese- Thai heritage of bangkok… maybe he can help you out.
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Michael ********
Thats cool,
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Brad *******
Google lens it
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Matthew **********
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Google is mostly bringing up Mayan and Olmec carvings from Mexico.
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 That's what it looks like to me, but I am not authority on such matters.
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Sean **********
Looking at similar stones & ancient pictorial texts i have studied over the years, i am almost certain it says 7 11.
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 I am afraid you are wrong. It says Big C.
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Shlomo ***********
Looks like a window header, placed over top of a window to support the structure above the opening
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Robert **************
I wish I knew
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Deanna *******
I don't know what it is, but it's SUPER cool! It doesn't look like Chinese to me at all. More pictograph ish.
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