OF THE ARROW-HEADED CHARACTER. 501 
inscriptional surface, and all risk of obliteration is 
removed, as may be seen in Fig. 8. 
FIG. 8. 
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a aes 
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= een - 2 ' \]} te 
=S> ; } z 
=k = 
SSS5 —— 
It will be seen here that the inclined position 
of the style, with regard to the surface of the clay, 
is not only absolutely essential to the production 
of the arrow-headed character, but is also, as 
before said, most convenient and natural, at the 
same time, the length or shortness of the cha- 
racters were determined and varied at pleasure, 
simply by inclining the style more or less with 
respect to the surface of the clay; a slight in- 
clination producing a long character, as at E, 
(Fig. 9), or short, as at F ; such varieties being 
required in the production of the various letters, 
or as in case of punctuation or other conventional 
signs. 
