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A hand-drawn divinatory grid (kutika) in blue ink, organized into four main horizontal bands. The top band contains two blocks of introductory text. The following three bands are divided into four columns containing technical terms, consonants used as symbols, and combinations of Lontara characters. The entire structure serves as a divinatory table for calculating auspicious or inauspicious times.
When the time of the potona a specific divinatory period occurs, that is the time before, that is the time at the beginning?, the time ...?, that is the time ...? at the beginning, the time ...?.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| When the tana bilanganna arua the eight counting grounds occur, then [in the] front, [in the] middle, [in the] core, [in the] top, [in the] lower, [in the] below, [in the] front, [in the] middle, [in the] core, [in the] top [in the] lower, [in the] below, [in the] front, [in the] middle, [in the] core, [in the] top [in the] lower, [in the] below, [in the] front, [in the] middle, [in the] core, [in the] top, [in the] lower [in the] below, [in the] front, [in the] middle, [in the] core, [in the] top, [in the] lower, [in the] below, [in the] front [in the] middle, [in the] core, [in the] top, [in the] lower, [in the] below, [in the] front, [in the] middle | When the counting grounds occur, then time | Then? | time? |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| At the front? | A | Ka | Na Wa |
| At the middle? | Wa | A | Ta Wa |
| At the core? | Na | Na | Pa Na |
| At the top? | Ra | Ra | A Ra |
| At the lower? | La | La | La A |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Then at the below? | Ba | Na A | La Wa |
| At the front? | Ta | Pa | A Ka Na Wa |
| At the middle? | Ra | Ta | Na La |
| At the core? | La | La | Ra Wa Wa |
| At the top? | A | A | A Ta Ta A |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Then at the lower? | Na | Na A Na Wa Ta | Ra Wa Ra La |
| At the below? | Pa | La La Ra A | A Na A Wa |
| At the front? | Ta | Ta A Ta Ta | Na Ta Na Ra |
| At the middle? | Ra | Na Ra Na Ra | A Ra A Ra |
| At the core? | La | La? | La? |