Fig. 9

The width and shape of the “tool” used to form and incise is very evident, a proto “chisel”, two short sides and one main blade. At least three downward cuts were made to “score” this rock; it was further incised down the break in an “extension” of the character topside. The downward cuts had come after the inscription; the long lateral line was the last stroke, based on medium drifting onto earlier lateral strokes. Did the downward cuts separate an adjoining piece?

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