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second and third lines. The fourth and sixth read from the right, and 
the fifth and seventh from the left. 
o la te ma 
shi no o shi tu au shi la ta 
shi shi hi be ha ta ni o ni o 
shi ma shi ta de ka ta no 
ma ma ma ne 
ta ta ta shi no du 
ki no ma ma io be ma 
ta al ma 
© Ola Temachi no Ochitu au zilatachi zihi behatu nio ; nio asmashita adikata anoma 
ema ; Maneta tatachi ondaki anoma mai obi mata al ema.’ 
I, Ochitu, dedicate this piece of engraving to Ola of Temachi; I give him a 
monument (portion) of intelligible signification ; the descendants of Maneta erect a 
commemorative tablet to give power (honour) to the deceased king. 
No. VII. begins at the right and reads boustrophedon. It is a mere 
fragment. 
ma shi ma ne 
la te ma 
** Machi Manela Tema’? ; or ‘‘ Machi Manela ide ema’’ for emakide. 
Manela’s gift to Machi. 
No. VIII. The solitary O on the top should be read as ma or mo, 
but is probably meant for mi, behold! 
The next line begins at the right, the following at the left, and the 
inscription is consistently boustrophedon till it reaches the last line, 
which reads from right to left, instead of from left to right. 
ra ra pe au ma i no ma ma ye 
hu ne no tusa ka ra shi ma ta 
bi bi shi shi hi o hi 
o shi tu en tu da la ba ta te ma shi 
ma ma ye 
ta shi au no ma 
‘Ara! arpe au mai no Mamaye hunen Tuskara asmata bibichi zihi Ohi Ochitu 
entu da albotu Temachi Mamaye tachi tachi au anoma.”’ 
Behold! take heed to the tablet of this Mamaye (for whom) Ohi engraves 
characters of Euskara signification. Ochitu agrees to take part with Temachi in 
setting up this monument to Mamaye. 
No. IX. begins at the left, but the other three lines are to be read 
from the right. 
te ma shi ta la 
o la shi no 
ma no ta 
o la shi tzu 
‘€ Temachi athal Ola sein; Maneta Ola ichetsi.”’ 
The porte of Temachi, the son of Ola; Maneta holds Ola in esteem. 
