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1. I will here present the whole Q text together with the parallel glyphs in H and P.

The beginning of the Q text is in poor shape. Moreover, it does not begin as early as the longer texts of H and P (which texts obviously are 'out of tune' with each other):

Ha1-1 Ha1-2 Ha1-3 Ha1-4
Pa1-1 Pa1-2 Pa1-3
Ha1-5 Ha1-6 Ha1-7 Ha1-8
Pa1-4 Pa1-5 Pa1-6 Pa1-7

The first not even half visible glyphs in the Q text offer no significant clues as to whether they are parallel with the corresponding H or P glyphs or not, they are in too bad a condition.

Nevertheless, I have estimated they are preceded by 2 empty glyph spaces (possibly once occupied by now destroyed glyphs):

Ha1-9 Ha1-10
... ...
*Qa1-1 *Qa1-2
Pa1-8 Pa1-9
Ha1-11 Ha1-12 Ha1-13 Ha1-14 Ha1-15 Ha1-16
*Qa1-3 *Qa1-4 *Qa1-5 *Qa1-6 *Qa1-7 *Qa1-8
Pa1-10 Pa1-11 Pa1-12 Pa1-13 Pa1-14 Pa1-15

Not until *Qa1-9 is there much use in speculating what types of glyphs there could once have been on the tablet (or whether what now is visible never was intended to be otherwise than incomplete figures):

Ha1-17 Ha1-18 Ha1-19
*Qa1-9 *Qa1-10 *Qa1-11
Pa1-16 Pa1-17 Pa1-18
Ha1-20 Ha1-21 Ha1-22 Ha1-23 Ha1-24
*Qa1-12 *Qa1-13 *Qa1-14 *Qa1-15 *Qa1-16
Pa1-19 Pa1-20 Pa1-21 Pa1-22 Pa1-23
Ha1-25 Ha1-26 Ha1-27
*Qa1-17 *Qa1-18 *Qa1-19
Pa1-24 Pa1-25 Pa1-26 Pa1-27
Ha1-28 Ha1-29 Ha1-30 Ha1-31
...
*Qa1-20 *Qa1-21 *Qa1-22 *Qa1-23
Pa1-28 Pa1-29 Pa1-30

The first glyph line on Q has 20 visible glyphs, though perhaps there once were 23.