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last line:
dar oleeey ol yy


Page: f86v4

The page contains a circular diagram, and under it a single paragraph
of text (5 lines, the last one short and centered).

The diagram is framed by two faint mechanically dawn circles, and
four rings of text --- one betweent the two circles, the other three
just inside the second circle. A wide gap in all four rings at 09:00
suggests an obviosu starting point, confirmed by four radial strokes
across the first ring (that may be modern scribbles in the copy,
however).

(There are other simultaneous gaps in all four rings at 01:00 and
05:00, so the four rings may actually be two or three paragraphs
side by side.)

At the center of the diagram there is an uncolored disk, bounded by
a mechanically drawn circle, containing a small moon---with a dark
crescent shadow on the left side, and a human face with neutral
expression on the right.

Just outside this central disk there is a wide decorated band
containing four small human figures. The decoration looks like a
perspective drawing of a flat field, bent around the inner disk with
the innermost edge being closer to the observer. In the "field"
there are five parallel rows (concentric rings) of elements, shaped
like tombstones with rounded top. The "tombstones" are painted in
various colors, and some have dots, borders, or other simple
decoration. In the innermost ring, which is unobstructed, the
elements are fused together at the base.

Between these rows of "tombstones", the field is packed with round
objects (which could be bushes, leaves, pebbles, bubbles, etc.).

The "tombstones" in the first four rows are packed tight, and a
larger "tombstone" is inserted every 3-6 standard ones. The last row
(outermost ring) has only small tombstones, painted with alternating
colors, some distance apart (with some blades of "grass" in
between).

The third row of tombstones is interrupted at 11:30, 02:30, 05:30,
and 08:30 by four human figures. The human figures are hidden by the
"bushes" from the waist down. The North figure is barely visible,
because of a a crease in the vellum. The West and South figures are
female (with visible breasts), and the same may be true of the other
two. They wear a white dress with ring collar and broad sleeves,
apparently tied at the wrists. Their hair is dark but not black, and
is just long enough to cover the ears. The South, West, and North
figures have both arms spread out like a "W", with hands open; East
has only the left arm up, in the same position.

Circular text around diagram: Transcription clockwise from wide gap at 09:00

"{sync gap}" is the simultaneous gap in all four rings at 01:00.

1:opor os sheody pchedar odsheo qody cheepch!dy lpchedy olkar shdar dchdor {sync gap}qopcher cher os!eeedar odaiin pcheodar chdair or!arorch!y shar opchsey otedy chcphhy chedy sar shed odar sheey scheor al cheefar shetchy qoteol otor shar qoteshy doi{crease}n ofor arar dl
2:oeeey o*daiin otedaiin otedy oteey chedaiin octhedy ch!y shedaiin {sync gap}chotaiin oraiin otodeeeo or yteeody oteedar aiin shedaiin chdar shedy qotedain chedy tchdy chetdy chedy qotor chedy chckhy daiin otedy s!chsdy {crease}!tchy sam
3:kche!y dair alody shes qeeor or odarchdy chdy olcheos orain {sync gap}or oteed chedees oteedy qoty otedy shedy otedy dar shd shy!y scody chdchdy d!odar aiin or aiin sar orchedy qotchdy deedes ar sheody opcho fchsom
4:pchedar ar oepor oteer o cs aiin olkeor dar air dery doeedey {sync gap}opchedy shedaiin dar otedy dain otey dam otedy daiin chocthy dtedair chody sheos otedos qokechy pchdeedy dan ol dol oty sho pol otoldyl


Text under diagram

1:pchsodar oedy qokeol qoeol {diagram}oqokeol dar ol ol!air am
2:ycseol tar ol ol!sheey qokey or aiin sheeor sar al ol sheey qockheey
3:tol sh!s or aiin ol keeod lcheody okedy qokeody qoaiin al!
4:dai!n ol keedy otar olshedy okol aiin okal cheockhy shockhhy daiin


title centered (last line of paragraph?)

5:dar olee!y ol yy