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The inscription, which does not contain a single proper name, is 

 the best test of the correctness of the method of interpretation. 



INSCRIPTION XXIII. 



This reads horizontally, from left to right, with a slight variation : 



simasH te la no si le ya 



te 



no 

 no ma i ma 



Chimasa Tela naust. Ley ate ?ton niai etna. 

 Chimasa Tela lord. Leyate, who tablet gives. 



"Chimasa, lord of Tela, Leyate who gives the tablet." 



Talaya, by some derived from the Arabic, denotes " a look out on 

 the coast;" Chimasa may be a form oi zeinatu,\.o threaten, meaning 

 " the menacer," and Leyate signifies "the zealous." 



INSCRIPTION XXIV. 

 This irregular inscription is to be read in the main perpendicularly : 



am 5 a 



o hal 



ro ure 



i 3 te 



Belaiiiaka Goramama ait a oioi § amar j a/ml urte. 

 Belamaka Goramama father remembers 5 tens 3 power \-ear. 



" Belamaka, the father of Goramama, remembers fifty-three years of 

 authority." 



The name of this aged sovereign appears alone in No. X. His 

 son's may he gora-jnaina, " the exalted spirit." 



