Table 5 Traditional classification of inscriptions under study, along with their estimated date of creation, where available

Turkic Rovash (TR)

Almaly II, Bichiktu Boom III, XV, Bilge Khagan (AD 735), Kalbak Tash II (8th c. AD), Koytübek, Kül Tegin (AD 732), Kuljabasy I (second half of 8th c. or 9th–10th c.), Kuljabasy II, Kurgak I, Mendur Sokkon I, Tamgaly (9th–10th c.), Tuva III, Urkosh (8th–9th c.), Yabogan, Zhon Aryk (first half of 8th c. AD)

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Székely-Hungarian Rovash (SHR)

Bodrog-Alsóbű (around AD 900 or first half of 10th c.), Vargyas (12th–13th c.), Homoródkarácsonyfalva (around 13th c. AD), Stick Calendar (ca. 15th c. AD surviving in a 17th c. copy), Bágy (15th c. AD), Nikolsburg (1490–1526), Székelyderzs (1490 s), Bögöz (end of 15th – beginning of 16th c.), Csíkszentmihály (1501), Constantinople (Fig. 1, 1515), Szamosközy (partly before 1593, partly in 1604), Wolfenbüttel (1592–1666), Rudimenta (1598), Farkaslaki (1624), Bonyhai (1627), István Csulyak (1610–1645), Kájoni-Ancient (1673), Bél (1718), Patakfalvi (Fig. 2, 1776–1785)

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Carpathian Basin Rovash (CBR)

Ozora-Tótipuszta (last third of 7th c. AD), Jánoshida (last third of 7th c. AD), Kiskőrös-Vágóhíd (last third of 7th c. AD), Környe (end of 7th c. AD), Szarvas (first half of 8th c. AD), Kiskundorozsma (end or the last third of 8th c. AD), Nagyszentmiklós (8th–11th c. AD)

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Steppe Rovash (SR)

Jitkov (8th c. AD), Achik Tash (8th c. AD), Mayaki (8th–9th c. AD), Mayatskoe 1, 2, 5, 10 (9th c. AD), Khumara 6, 7, 8 (mid-9th – beginning of 10th c. AD), Kermen Tolga (8th–10th c. AD), Novocherkassk (8th–10th c. AD), Homokmégy-Halom (10th c. AD), Algyő (first half of 10th c. AD), Kievan Letter (934–938)

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