<s>
Text	O
P	O
of	O
the	O
rongorongo	B-Language
corpus	O
,	O
the	O
larger	O
of	O
two	O
tablets	O
in	O
St.	O
Petersburg	O
and	O
therefore	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Great	O
or	O
Large	O
St	O
Petersburg	O
tablet	O
,	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
two	O
dozen	O
surviving	O
rongorongo	B-Language
texts	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
three	O
recording	O
the	O
so-called	O
"	O
Grand	O
Tradition	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
reproductions	O
in	O
the	O
Musée	O
de	O
l'Homme	O
,	O
Paris	O
;	O
the	O
Museum	O
für	O
Völkerkunde	O
,	O
Berlin	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
American	O
Museum	O
of	O
Natural	O
History	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	B-Algorithm
well-preserved	O
unfluted	O
tablet	O
with	O
a	B-Algorithm
"	O
panhandle	O
"	O
,	O
63	O
×	O
15	O
or	O
10	O
×	O
2cm	O
,	O
made	O
of	O
Podocarpus	O
latifolius	O
wood	O
(	O
Orliac	O
2007	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
nine	O
lashing	O
holes	O
suggest	O
that	O
P	O
had	O
been	O
made	O
into	O
a	B-Algorithm
plank	O
for	O
a	B-Algorithm
canoe	O
,	O
perhaps	O
the	O
same	O
canoe	O
as	O
tablet	O
S	O
.	O
Fischer	O
believes	O
it	O
had	O
probably	O
been	O
initially	O
made	O
from	O
"	O
a	B-Algorithm
damaged	O
and	O
reshapen	O
European	O
or	O
American	O
oar	O
"	O
,	O
like	O
tablets	O
A	B-Algorithm
and	O
V	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barthel	O
(	O
1958	O
)	O
called	O
tablets	O
H	B-Algorithm
,	O
P	O
,	O
and	O
Q	O
the	O
"	O
Grand	O
Tradition	O
"	O
because	O
of	O
their	O
extensive	O
paraphrased	O
sequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
many	O
of	O
these	O
appear	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
lines	O
,	O
Fischer	O
believes	O
one	O
served	O
in	O
part	O
,	O
directly	O
or	O
indirectly	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
model	O
for	O
the	O
others	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
may	O
have	O
had	O
a	B-Algorithm
common	O
geographic	O
origin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
eleven	O
lines	O
on	O
each	O
side	O
for	O
a	B-Algorithm
total	O
of	O
~	O
1,540	O
glyphs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	B-Algorithm
hair-line	O
has	O
been	O
cut	O
along	O
the	O
narrow	O
end	O
with	O
what	O
Fischer	O
believes	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
obsidian	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reading	O
order	O
of	O
the	O
parallel	O
texts	O
H	B-Algorithm
,	O
P	O
,	O
and	O
Q	O
is	O
well	O
established	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fischer	O
reports	O
that	O
several	O
glyphs	O
were	O
traced	O
out	O
with	O
an	O
obsidian	O
flake	O
,	O
without	O
being	O
finished	O
with	O
a	B-Algorithm
shark	O
tooth	O
.	O
</s>
