[al_c]

Notice that the limestone is so ancient, so brittle, and so fragile, that merely moving it causes it to nearly disintegrate.

But, of course, forcefully HACKING letters into the 2000 + year old surface did NO DAMAGE WHATSOEVER!!!!!!!!!

"Altman believes that the second half was actually written in the 3rd or 4th century ..."

[gaspar]

The unspoken element in this concoction is the role of Shanks. Granted he is a polemical type (e.g., the Dead Sea Scrolls), but why he would go out on such a long limb unless he had the box checked out six ways to Sunday, is inexplicable.