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13. The beginning of side b of the H text has approximately 16 glyphs missing or very much damaged. But anyhow there might be some value in documenting them properly:

... ...
Hb1-5 Hb1-6 (654) Hb1-7 Hb1-8 *Hb1-9 *Hb1-10
*Qb3-42 *Qb3-43 *Qb3-44 (528) *Qb3-45 *Qb3-46 *Qb3-47
Pb3-7 Pb3-8 (668) Pb3-9 Pb3-10 Pb3-11 Pb3-12
... ... ...
*Hb1-11 *Hb1-12 *Hb1-13 *Hb1-14 (662)
*Qb3-48 *Qb3-49 (533) *Qb3-50 *Qb3-51
Pb3-13 (673) Pb3-14
... ... ...
*Hb1-15 *Hb1-16 *Hb1-17 *Hb1-18 *Hb1-19 (667) *Hb1-20
Qb4-1 Qb4-2 Qb4-3 Qb4-4 Qb4-5 (540) Qb4-6
Pb3-15 Pb3-16 Pb3-17 Pb3-18 Pb3-19 Pb3-20 (680)
... ... ...
*Hb1-21 *Hb1-22 *Hb1-23 *Hb1-24 (672)
Qb4-7 Qb4-8 Qb4-9 Qb4-10 (545)
Pb3-21 Pb3-22 Pb3-23 Pb3-24 (684)

Ca 10 glyphs of the H text seem to be missing totally, whereof about half before *Hb1-14 and the other half after. This is what I early concluded from Barthel's pictures of the H tablet. However, my intuition has now persuaded me to above adjust this number from 10 to 11 in order to reach harmony with the positions of the parallel glyphs in Q and P.

Such a harmony is, though, quickly broken as regards the Q text (with Qb4-18):

*Hb1-25 *Hb1-26 *Hb1-27 *Hb1-28 (676)
Qb4-11 Qb4-12 Qb4-13 Qb4-14 (549)
Pb3-25 Pb3-26 Pb3-27 Pb3-28 (688)
*Hb1-29 *Hb1-30 *Hb1-31 *Hb1-32 (680) *Hb1-33
Qb4-15 Qb4-16 Qb4-17 Qb4-18 (553)
Pb3-29 Pb3-30 Pb3-31 Pb3-32 (692) Pb3-33
*Hb1-34 *Hb1-35 *Hb1-36 (684) *Hb1-37
Qb4-19 Qb4-20 Qb4-21 (556)
Pb3-34 Pb3-35 Pb3-36 (696) Pb3-37
*Hb1-38 *Hb1-39 *Hb1-40 *Hb1-41 (689)
Qb4-22 Qb4-23 Qb4-24 Qb4-25 (560)
 
Pb3-38 Pb3-39 (699) Pb4-1 Pb4-2
*Hb1-42 *Hb1-43 (691) *Hb1-44
Qb4-26 (561) Qb4-27 Qb4-28
Pb4-3 (702) Pb4-4
*Hb1-45 *Hb1-46 *Hb1-47 *Hb1-48 (696) *Hb1-49
Qb4-29 Qb4-30 Qb4-31 Qb4-32 Qb4-33 (568) Qb4-34
Pb4-5 Pb4-6 Pb4-7 Pb4-8 (707) Pb4-9

Finally comes the last in the triad of sequences - cfr also in lines a8 and b3 - with exclusively Q glyphs. This sequence is shorter and ending with kiore+henua, the last glyph in line b4:

Qb4-35 Qb4-36 Qb4-37 Qb4-38 Qb4-39 (574)