# The five pencilled lines from the Rubaiyat, with variant readings > 44 letters outside the struck line. Variants: W or M at the start of lines 1 and 3; I or V at the start of line 5; G or C at its third-last letter; the… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CVC29GP6HG3/the-five-pencilled-lines-from-the-rubaiyat-with-variant Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Datasets](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets)[Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/somerton-man)The five pencilled lines from the Rubaiyat, with variant readings Dataset · table # The five pencilled lines from the Rubaiyat, with variant readings 44 letters outside the struck line. Variants: W or M at the start of lines 1 and 3; I or V at the start of line 5; G or C at its third-last letter; the last character of the struck line read as I. An X stands above the second O of line 4. The transcription should be checked against the police photograph at full resolution. ![Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/somerton-man-lead)**Somerton Man (Tamam Shud)** Version **1.0** Licence **Text from a 1949 police photograph (Australian pre-1955 photograph, public domain); transcription compiled in this project** Updated **26 Oct 2026** ## Used by **0** methods **0** runs, with their results **0** research sessions [Get it from en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerton_Man) About this version Version 1.0 DOI Assigned on release Licence Text from a 1949 police photograph (Australian pre-1955 photograph, public domain); transcription compiled in this project Maker [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) Cite [BibTeX](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CVC29GP6HG3/the-five-pencilled-lines-from-the-rubaiyat-with-variant/cite.bib) · [APA](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CVC29GP6HG3/the-five-pencilled-lines-from-the-rubaiyat-with-variant/cite.txt) Also on[API](https://mysteriesdept.com/developers#api)