[405] Mémoire, p. 157.
[406] Ib. p. 154.
[407] Ib. p. 133.
[408] Mémoire, p. 159.
[409] Correct values from Grotefend, acknowledged by Burnouf, are:
| r, d, a (Münter), f, kh, p, s or ç, ch | 8 | in all | ||||
| Incorrect values from Grotefend, | o, | u, | g, | h | 4 | in all |
| 12 | 35 | 15 | 27 | |||
| Correct values from Grotefend, not acknowledged by Burnouf, | t, | u, | a | 3 | in all | |
| 24 | 36 | 41 | ||||
| 15 | in all | |||||
He credits St. Martin with t, because he agreed with him that the central wedge should be drawn slightly lower than the other two (p. 137). He credits the u to St. Martin and the a to himself, because he says both are short, whereas Grotefend made them long (p. 142-3). But these reasons are clearly insufficient to deprive Grotefend of the merit of having suggested to Burnouf the values of the three letters.
[410] The twelve correct values claimed to have been discovered by Burnouf are:
| Grotefend | Burnouf | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 𐎣 | e | k | Correct | ||
| 7 | 𐎲 | v | b | Correct (from Münter) | ||
| 16 | 𐎡 | o | v | Wrong (from Münter), ch | ||
| 18 | 𐏀 | gh | z | Correct | ||
| 19 | 𐎮 | uncertain | l? | d(i) | } | Correct values |
| 25 | 𐎤 | k | q | k(a) | } | |
| 22 | 𐎬 | th | dh | t(u) | } | |
| 26 | 𐎰 | i | y | th | } | |
| 29 | 𐎷 | h | î | m(i) | } | |
| 34 | 𐎯 | z | gh | d(u) | } | |
| 40 | 𐎽 | sr | l | r(u) | } | |
| 41 | 𐏃 | a | a | h(a), | Correct (from Grotefend) | |
[411] I.e. fifteen from Grotefend, one, i, from St. Martin, two from Rask, and eleven of his own: that is, deducting the a of Grotefend already included. As we have seen, he credited himself with the b of Münter, which Grotefend did not accept—twenty-nine in all.