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xcnl )n# hykrd lwkw hdwm1 b(t tx) d(l hcry hytw twlyl( lwkbw Mymlw( d(
y+p#mb wbbl dxplw tm) qdc ykrd lwk wynpl r#ylw #y) bblb ry)hl lbtb Nhykrd hl)w
lwkb tnm)m hrwbg tmkxw hnybw lk#w Mymlw( bw+w Mymxr bwrw Myp) krw)w hyn( xwrw l)
tb#xmw qdc y+p#m t)nqw h#(m tb#xm lwkb t(d xwrw wdsx bwrb tn(#nw l) y#(m
tkl (nchw hdn ylwlg lwk b(tm dybk trh+w tm) ynb lwk~l( Mydsx bwrw kwms rcyb #dwq
)prml hb yklwh lwk tdwqpw lbt tm) ynbl xwr ydws hl) t(d~yzr tm)l )bxw lwk tmr(b
dwbk lylkw xcn yyxb Mymlw( txm#w d( twkrb lwk M( (rz twrpw Mymy krw)b Mwl# bwrw
Mymlw( rw)b rdh tdm M(
yrzk) hymrw #xk bbl Mwrw hwg rq#w (#r qdc tdwb(b Mydy lwp#w #pn bwxr hlw( xwrlw
h)m+ tdwb(b hdn ykrdw twnz xwrb hb(wt y#(m Nwdz t)nqw tlw) bwrw Myp) rwcq pnx bwrw
tdwqpw (wr tmr(w k#wx ykrd lwkb tkll bl dwbwkw prw( y#wq Nzw) dwbkw Myny( Nwrw( Mypwdg Nw#lw
tprxw xcn tw(zl tmqn2 l) trb( p)b Mymlw( tx#l lbx yk)lm lwk dyb My(wgn byrl hb yklwh lwk
d( k#wx twywhb Myrwrm t(rw Nwgyi lb)b Mtwrwdl Mhycq lwkw Myk#xm #)b hlk tmlk~m( d(
wml h+ylpw tyr# Ny)l Mtwlk
tlw(p lwkw wklhty Nhykrdbw Mtwrwdl Mtw)bc lwk wlxny Nhyiglpmbw #y) ynb lwk twdlwt~hl)b
cq d( dbb db Nm# l) )yk Mymlw( ycq lwkl +(yml bwr Nyb #y) tlxn ypl Nhyglpmb Mhy#(m
t)inqw tm) ykrd lwk hlw( tb(wtw hlw( twlyl( tm) tb(wt Mtwglpm Nyb Mlw( tby) Ntyw Nwrx)
d(wmbw hlw( twyhl cq Ntn wdwbk tmkxbw wlk# yzrb l)w wklhty dxy )wl )yk Nhy+p#m lwk l( byr
d( hlw( tl#mmb (#r ykrdb hllwgth )yk lbt tm) xcnl )ct z)w d(l hndym#y hdwqp
ymktm hlw( xwr lwk Mthl #y) ynb mwl qqzy rbg y#(m lwk wtm)b l) rrby z)w hcrxn +p#m d(wm
llwgthw rq# twb(wt lwkm hdn ymk tm) xwr wyl( zyw h(#r twlyl( lwkim #dwq xwrb wrh+lw wr#b
Mymlw( tyrbl l) rxb Mb )yk krd ymymt lyk#hl Mym# ynb tmkxw Nwyl( t(db Myr#y Nybhl hdn xwrb
rbg bblb lw(w tm) yxwr wbyry hnh d( hymr y#(m lwk t#wbl hyhw hlw( Ny)w Md) dwbk lwk Mhlw
Nkw wb (#ry lw( lrwgb wt#rykw hlw( )n#y lwkw qdcy tmi)ib #y) tlxn ypkw tlw)w hmkxb wklhty
ycq lwkl Nh y#(m tlw(p (dy h)whw h#dx tw#(w hcrxn cq d( l) Nm# dbb db )yk tm) b(ty
hdwqp[ ]b wxwr ypl yx lwkl twlrwg lyp[]li[ ]bw+ t(dl #y) ynbl Nlyxn yy[ ]

1Charlesworth reads hdws and in a footnote calls it an error for hdwm. However, the letter appears in the photograph to be a clear mem. This scribe's samek has a much flatter top, and the left "ear" on this letter has been made with a separate stroke, whereas the ears on this scribe's samek are normally made with a single stroke.Return
2Charlesworth reads h with the following footnote: "Originally twmqn; then erasure of w and curve of left leg of t to form h. Perhaps he can see an erasure on the t that I cannot. The problem with reading h is that, had the scribe been converting a t to a h he would have needed to extend the top stroke to the left beyond the allegedly altered left leg. This has not been done, and in the photograph the left leg still has a definite curvature to it. Erasure of an original w between m and t is possible, but it appears to me that the scribe retained the t. Return