Book Title: Alphabet Key To History Of Mankind
Author(s): David Diringer
Publisher: Hutchinsons Scientific and Technical Publications

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________________ CONCLUSION 569 Peru (Fig. 253. 5), and elsewhere. Some may be spurious, others are certainly genuine; even the former have a certain interest for the history of writing. Remarkable are the inscriptions, engraved on slates, numbering over 500, found in different localities in Spain, particularly in the province of Salamanca (Fig. 253, 6-7). The script consists mainly of signs in the shape of Roman numerals I, II, III, IIII, V, X, and some have NDIN 1)4 HIOLIOIP ELILIDCIX ZON EX 1980 870 4X714 ALSO ΠΟΝΟΥ 3 488137 83832 ६५६०१६ 848988 TIT !! MIMI ||||| 17117 IV VIX || m XXπ IL IT XI VII XXVII XI VT XX XII VXII IXX Fig. 253-Inscriptions written in unknown scripts 1-3, The so-called proto-Arabic inscriptions from "Ur of the Chaldees." 4. Other enigmatic inscription from Mesopotamia. 5, Spurious (2) inscription from Peru. 6-7, Enigmatic inscriptions from Spain

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