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Comparative analysis - Carpathian runes.

           The Carpathian runic script is known from two finds: the world-famous treasure from Nagy Saint Miklos and the needle box from Sarvash. The treasure of Nagy Saint Miklos was discovered in 1799 and consists of 23 golden vessels. 12 runic inscriptions are incised on the vessels. According to Mavrodinov and most Bulgarian scholars, the treasure and the inscriptions are proto-Bulgarian (Mavrodinov N. 1943). According to Yu. Nemet, who attempted to decipher the inscriptions, they were Pecheneg (Nemet Yu. 1986). According to László, the inscriptions from the NSM were written in Hungarian, and according to G. Nagy and I. Bona in Avar (Nagy G. 1895, Bona I. 1984). In 1983, during archaeological excavations not far from the Hungarian city of Sarvás, a needle box was discovered on which an inscription of 59 characters was engraved. Of 19 Sarvash graphemes, 15 are similar to those from the NSM. According to Hungarian scholars, the inscription from Sarvash ...