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Buildings and their Parts. 



29. Large building resembling liyeian tombs 8 (6)' 



30. Pillar with square capital, ?(11) 



Implements, Weapons, &c. 



31. Ship, 1 (') 



32. Key, A C2) 



33. Bow K (1) 



34. Feathered arrow ^- (*) 



3.5. Hatchet, H- (1) 



36. Circular shield with seven knobs % (17) 



37. Adze(f), ■^ (2) 



38. Knife with curving blade, P (2) 



39. Mason's square, <>■ (12) 



40. Plane (.-), t (3) 



41. Leather-cutter's knife, <}> (1) 



42. An inverted Y, meaning unknown (lower half of a human body ?) . x (') 



43. A seal-ring, 'I' (^) 



44. A vase (?), S (6) 



45. Segment of a circle, dotted, F (1) 



The direction of reading has been very clearly proved^ to be from the 

 periphery of the circle inwards in each case. I may therefore assume this 

 without discussion, and write the inscriptions, using the cipher above set 

 forth, as follows. The stroke underlining some of the characters is explained 

 below. 



Face I. 



MiX'^h SjShw Mu^c xV^ ^^gi pCcri taxi jtihtao- 



X^Frj hSsw Mqvs sijya nSSgw pzcr nla dwjxl M^rsa 



nvhf nft n/8h xnvhf sm£,r} hcrw h/3h h^crS x^'^^^ 



TTOXo-h Mdw^h nm^77 j3h 



Face II. 

 Ml^tao- 8s|^ iiySh nnm :M|bsl SyShf s^f M^dcr*^ kqw 

 Ml^iTW arsh M|j'Cy xk MstjX^o- pa M^kq Mfsswu^ 

 U Ml^kq MsiyX^o- pa M|kq Mfszjo-s doT//r kqf Mfta 

 ^TW Xey Mfsswu^ ta Xey 



' These numbers denote the frequency with which the various characters occur. 

 = See Dr. A. della Seta's paper in the Lincei lieticiicoiiti, vol. xviii ; and M. A. J. Reinach's 

 paper in Eevut archiologiqiie, both cited above. 

 ' Illegible character, perhaps 4). 



