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This tablet preserves early writing
exercises. On the one side (recto), the alphabet, first in the normal
order, then backwards, then in a combination of the two orders (first,
last, second, penultimate, third, antepenultimate... or a,
v, b, c, g...), with a few mistakes. This would be like writing
'a, z, b, y, c, x, d, w...' in English. |
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| On the other side (verso), each of the seven Greek vowels is written in conjunction with the consonants in their alphabetic order in such a fashion that the syllables are formed by placing the same consonant before the vowel. This type of document is called a syllabary. | ||
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Part of Column II reads like this: |
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