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§ 7. Script 2.<br />

§ 7<br />

Texts written in Script 2 come from <strong>the</strong> following sites:<br />

Site Ai KMAH la - le<br />

Site B5 KMBH 1 - 7<br />

Site D3 KMDH 1 - 3<br />

Site Dll KMDH 4 - 6<br />

Site El0 KMEH la - ld<br />

Site E27 KMEH 2a - 6b<br />

Site G2 KMGH 1<br />

Site G4 KMGH 2<br />

Site G5 KMGH 3a - 4<br />

Site G7 KMGH 5 - 10<br />

Site G12 KMGH 11 - 12<br />

Site G21 KMGH 13 - 14<br />

Site H2 KMHH 1a - 6b<br />

Site H3 KMHH 7a - 13d<br />

Site H4 KMHH 14a - 20e<br />

Site H5 KMHH 21a - 31c<br />

Site H6 KMHH 32 - 35d<br />

Site H7 KMHH 36a - KMHH 48b<br />

Site Ii KMIH 1 - 3<br />

7.1- The Transliteration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Inscriptions.<br />

As with Script 1 , <strong>the</strong> texts have been transliterated<br />

into typed forms <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> original letters. Table 2 is a chart <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> forms arranged according to shape and reading left to right<br />

across <strong>the</strong> page and <strong>the</strong>n down. The number <strong>of</strong> attested examples<br />

is given in brackets. Figures 7 - 9 give examples <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> signs<br />

represented by <strong>the</strong> typed forms. All <strong>the</strong> inscriptions are written<br />

horizontally, except for KMB 1 - 5 (Site B5) where <strong>the</strong> letters<br />

have been turned on <strong>the</strong>ir side and read downwards. The ductus <strong>of</strong><br />

some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> letters shows that some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> texts read from right<br />

to left and some from left to right and different typed forms<br />

have been used for <strong>the</strong> following:<br />

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