Talk:Arkalochori Axe
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[edit] Comparison with the Phaistos Disk
Although I added the entry, it looks pretty unlikely that 05 is related to PD42. Washi 04:08, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] AB80
As an aside, it seems quite reasonable to make the connection between PD29, a cat's head, and the syllable sound 'MA', represented by AB80, which could be a cat's face -- although Axe 08 doesn't really look so much like a cat's face... it doesn't really look all that much like AB80 for that matter.
Anyhow, I can think of some writing systems which are part acrophonic, and part onomatopoeia... perhaps the best examples are Egyptian ('ma' for cat, by the way), and Linear A:
AB 23 'mu' from Hieroglyphic 12, a bull-head
AB 80 'ma' from H cat-head (not identified as a sign in Olivier-Godart's
publication, though they now admit it)
AB 67 'ki' from H 57 a sistrum (a type of rattle)
AB 60 'ra' from H 18 dog-head
AB 50 'pu' from H 58 harp
Sorry this is veering off-topic, but I thought perhaps it was worth mentioning. Washi 04:28, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Comparison with Linear A
I find 02-03 I-DA tantalizing, as I also find 08-09 MA-TE, both of which seem to be common Linear A libation formulae. Washi 04:10, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
