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The Rongorongo of Easter Island

Item A: The Tahua Tablet

 
 

Numerical transliteration

 
 

Barthel's tracings:

Lines 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Side a Aa1 Aa2 Aa3 Aa4 Aa5 Aa6 Aa7 Aa8
Side b Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 Ab6 Ab7 Ab8

 
 

General Aspect

Tablet Tahua, side a, 10.6k jpg
Side a
 
 
Tablet Tahua, side b, 10.8k jpg
Side b
 
     This tablet, 909mm long, 115mm wide, is carved out of a Western oar of Fraxinus excelsior (ash) as were used in European and American ships in the 18th and 19th centuries, hence its alternative names: "The Oar" and "La Rame."

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