Both Fischer and Barthel indicate in their reproductions of Small Washington Tablet (RR16 respectively R) an empty space at the beginning of line a3. However, if we look at the photo of side a in Fischer it is obvious that there cannot have been any glyph space available for the creator of the rongorongo text. The 'face' of side a does not stretch to the left of the pair in Ra3-1--2. We can eliminate the uncertainty marked by asterisks:
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