## {} # Second ring of text from the outside (4 × 17 character sequence) # Last edited on 2002-03-08 21:59:00 by stolfi # # "V" Transcription by John Grove, edited by J.Stolfi # "U" transcription by J. Stolfi from a Beinecke negative scan (z3610554.jpg). # # Asterisks are "weirdoes". Note that the repetition # is not perfect: # "I" in the first period becomes "c" in the rest, # "j" in the first period becomes "m" in the rest, # "f" in the first two periods becomes "p" in the other two. # # &169 = "L9^" with "9" above the "L", sprouting from its corner # &170 = like "h" with top detached # &171 = gallows with three loops # &172 = upside-down lambda # &I = first half of "ih" # # Transcribed clockwise from the faint double line across the band at 10:30. # The {|} marks the period boundaries. # # First period: # {|}o.l.d.r.v.x.k.k.f.*{&169}.t.r.*{&170}.*{&171}.y.c!!!!.r{&172}.{|}o.l.d.r.v.x.k.m.f.*{&169}.t.r.*{&170}.*{&171}.y.c!!!!.r{&172}.{|}o.l.d.r.v.x.k.k.p.*{&169}.t.r.*{&170}.*{&171}.y.c!!!!.r{&172}.{|}o.l.d.r.v.x.k.k.p.*{&169}.t.r.*{&169}.*{&171}.y.c!!!!.r!!!!!!.n. {|}o.l.d.r.v.x.k.m.f.*{&169}.t.r.*{&170}.*{&171}.y.*{&I}.*{&172}.{|}o.l.d.r.v.x.k.m.f.*{&169}.t.r.*{&170}.*{&171}.y.c!!!!.*{&172}.{|}o.l.d.r.v.x.k.m.p.*{&169}.t.r.*{&170}.*{&171}.y.c!!!!.*{&172}.{|}o.l.d.r.v.x.k.m.p.*{&169}.t.r.*{&170}.*{&171}.y.c!!!!.*{&172}!!. {|}o.l.j.r.v.x.k.m.f.*{&169}.t.r.*{&170}.*{&171}.y.*{&I}.*{&172}.{|}o.l.d.r.v.x.k.m.f.*{&169}.t.r.*{&170}.*{&171}.y.c!!!!.*{&172}.{|}o.l.d.r.v.x.k.m.p.*{&169}.t.r.*{&170}.*{&171}.y.c!!!!.*{&172}.{|}o.l.d.r.v.x.k.m.p.*{&169}.t.r.*{&170}.*{&171}.y.c!!!!.*{&172}!!.