<s>
Rongorongo	B-Language
(	O
;	O
Rapa	O
Nui	O
:	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
system	O
of	O
glyphs	B-Application
discovered	O
in	O
the	O
19th	O
century	O
on	O
Easter	O
Island	O
that	O
appears	O
to	O
be	O
writing	O
or	O
proto-writing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Text	O
D	O
of	O
the	O
rongorongo	B-Language
corpus	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Échancrée	O
(	O
"	O
notched	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
two	O
dozen	O
surviving	O
texts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tablet	O
was	O
merely	O
the	O
spool	O
for	O
this	O
gift	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
notched	O
form	O
suggests	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
fishing	O
reel	O
before	O
that	O
,	O
showing	O
how	O
far	O
rongorongo	B-Language
had	O
fallen	O
from	O
its	O
once	O
taboo	O
status	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Line	O
a3	O
contains	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
figures	O
(	O
glyph	B-Application
200	O
)	O
,	O
holding	O
various	O
objects	O
and	O
irregularly	O
separated	O
by	O
frigatebirds	O
(	O
glyph	B-Application
600	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Side	O
a	O
is	O
expertly	O
carved	O
,	O
with	O
small	O
,	O
fine	O
glyphs	B-Application
;	O
side	O
b	O
less	O
so	O
,	O
with	O
larger	O
and	O
cruder	O
glyphs	B-Application
,	O
indicating	O
that	O
were	O
written	O
by	O
different	O
authors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seven	O
lines	O
of	O
glyphs	B-Application
on	O
side	O
a	O
,	O
with	O
traces	O
of	O
an	O
eighth	O
on	O
its	O
beveled	O
edge	O
;	O
six	O
lines	O
on	O
side	O
b	O
,	O
for	O
~	O
270	O
glyphs	B-Application
in	O
all	O
,	O
both	O
legible	O
and	O
damaged	O
.	O
</s>
