Note 814 — Chapter VI · DECIPHERMENT OF THE THIRD OR BABYLONIAN COLUMN—HINCKS AND RAWLINSON—A.D. 1846-1851
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He explained, however, that his short a corresponds to the Greek epsilon (Transactions, p. 10). In his list the consonants followed by ā are really those followed by a, and those followed by a correspond to the consonants followed by i. His view of the four vowels dates from the paper on Van, Dec. 1847 (J. R. A. S. 1848, vol. ix.).