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Old 06-14-2003, 04:34 PM   #11
akhtene
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As was posted earlier, runes are well suited for carving or scratching. Wouldn't that have spoilt the simple beauty of the ring? To my eye the inscription looks more like being engraved or etched (magically or not) and Tengwar script was simply more suitable for doing so.
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