THE DHOFAR EPIGRAPHIC PROJECT A Description of the ...
THE DHOFAR EPIGRAPHIC PROJECT A Description of the ...
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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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