The linguist translated the context of the plates and stated that they contained social, economic, and religious rights given to Thomas of Cana by a local ruler and were written in three languages, namely “Chaldean, Malabar, and Arabic”.De Goes notes that physically the plates were “of fine metal each one palm and a half long and four fingers broad, written on both sides, and strung together at the top with a thick copper wire”.The Cochin Jew returned the plates to the Portuguese, who then had his Malayalam description of the plates translated to the Portuguese language in a written copy.