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6.2. Script 1 - The Letters. § 6 This section lists the typed forms of the letters with the number of attested examples given in brackets, comments on the forms found in the inscriptions and gives comparative examples from other South Semitic scripts. The comparative examples are, on the whole, from scripts which are well-established or from texts where the reading is certain. The script table in Jamme 1963: 43, Fig. 1 of inscriptions from Wadi Hadramawt, al-Wastah and al-tAbar, in the Repuplic of Yemen show f ., •• many forms of letters which 2. Unfortunately, however, resemble those found in Script 1 and the author has not published any copies or photographs of the inscriptions in the article and so his remarks about the values of the letters cannot be checked. In some cases the great variety of letters listed under one value suggest that perhaps he is dealing with more than one script or that he has mistakenly identified the values of some of the forms. Many of the signs listed as wusum by Jamme (1963: 47, Fig. 2) also resemble forms of letters found in both the scripts from Dhofar. 6.2.1. [ (419) The forms of [ are similar to those used in Sabaic (Beeston 1984: 4), Safaitic, Thamudic E, Thamudic B, Dedanite, North Minaic (Macdonald 1992: 419) and Lihyanite (Caskel 1954: 33 - 34) to represent b and there is evidence from sequences in the texts that it has the same value here, see § 6.3.7. 6.2.2. J (60) examples of [. The curve of J is less than that of most of the 12
6.2.3. J (14) 6 . 2 . 4 . U (6 ) 6.2.5. U (20) 6.2.6. < (168) § 6 The forms of < are similar to those used in Dedanite, North Minaic (Macdonald 1992: 419, 5 - 6) and Lihyanite (Caskel 1954: 33 - 34) to represent r and to those used in Safaitic (Macdonald 1992: 419, 1 - 2) and, in some cases, Thamudic E 1 (King 1990: Fig. 4) to represent s. There is a degree of evidence from the sequences that, at least in some instances, the form has the value b in these texts, see § 6.3.8. 6.2.7. > (21) It is possible that > is the same grapheme as
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Albright, F. P. 1982 T
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ABBREVIATIONS HIn Harding 1971. Ja
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