# Barthel 1958: Grundlagen zur Entzifferung der Osterinselschrift

> Thomas S. Barthel, 1958. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source of the text lettering and the glyph numbering used throughout the project.

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# Grundlagen zur Entzifferung der Osterinselschrift

Thomas S. Barthel, 1958. _Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Auslandskunde 64. Cram, de Gruyter, Hamburg_.

The first corpus edition of rongorongo: line drawings and a numbered glyph catalogue for the texts Barthel lettered A to X. Its letter codes for the objects and its glyph numbers (the 1 to 700 series) are still the standard way of naming texts and signs.

**Rongorongo** Bookdoi: **[10.1515/9783111641256](https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111641256)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source of the text lettering and the glyph numbering used throughout the project.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[The inventory is several hundred signs, closer to Barthel's catalogue, which would point to a logographic…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rongorongo/answers/ANS0D4CCJQE4CE6/the-inventory-is-several-hundred-signs-closer-to-barthels)

Answer

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[Barthel's glyph catalogue was built from texts carved in alternating orientation with developed ligatures, a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rongorongo/evidence/EVD0D4CCH0R5BB3/barthels-glyph-catalogue-was-built-from-texts-carved-in)

Evidence

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[Barthel publishes the corpus and glyph catalogue](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rongorongo/events/EVT0D4CCBWP1JDQ/barthel-publishes-the-corpus-and-glyph-catalogue)

EVT

[Thomas S. Barthel](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rongorongo/people/FIG0D4CC8Q45QVC/thomas-s-barthel)

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[Rongorongo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/rongorongo)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Barthel, T. S. (1958). Grundlagen zur Entzifferung der Osterinselschrift. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiet der Auslandskunde 64. Cram, de Gruyter, Hamburg. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111641256
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111641256)

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**SRC** 0D4CC1MJ1XYS

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Book

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