TA 02669.1

Interpretation

Commentary: This text is lightly hammered with a pointed implement, producing shallow lines in which the indentations of the point can be clearly seen. It runs from left-to-right along the bottom of the face as it appears in the photograph. It was the first to be carved, as can be seen by the fact that the m, the d, and the final word-divider of TA 02669.2 are carved over parts of TA 02669.1. It employs two word-dividers but the names produced by dividing the text in this way seem unlikely. The shallowness of the lines and the crudeness of the letter-forms might suggest that this was a trial or practice piece for someone learning to write. But this can be no more than a guess. The first letter has been overscored by the final vertical stroke (word-divider ?) of TA 02669.2. The word dividers after the first and second names are above the text, as is quite common in Taymanitic.

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