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Hello all! Can someone please translate the script on this ink stone for me? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! David.

This is a poem by Tang poet Zhang Ji 张继

月落乌啼霜满天，
江枫渔父对愁眠。
姑苏城外寒山寺，
夜半钟声到客船.

Something like
The moon sets, birds cry, the sky is frosty white,
Fishermen commiserate under the trees at river's edge.
Outside the city walls stands Cold Mountain Temple,
The sound of the midnight bell reaches my boat.

The carving on the inkstone is pretty basic.

Thanx allot rat! David. P.S. Any idea as to the age of this stone?

20th century I should think, but hard to say exactly when.

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