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________________ 464 THE ALPHABET The chief inscription, on a pillar discovered at Xanthos, is still undeciphered. The other inscriptions, including a few short Græco-Lycian bilingual documents are of a funerary nature. The Lycian alphabet (Fig. 204) 18XENONYMININPENPT VODANETO +PEIA+ TEA TEME+ ↓个IPEM个十 PEINTI EIT+E 19A IM VRE DE эхо дарм пора жумаар otdo ↑NAVAM CVAM VUNUPAA Fig. 205 1, Lycian inscription. 2-4, Carian inscriptions is certainly of Greek origin; but some other influences may be admitted (Fig. 207). Phrygian Alphabet The Phrygians, who in the eighth century B.C. had the strongest kingdom of Asia Minor, situated to the west of the river Halys, were according to Herodotus and Strabo of Thracian origin. What we know about the Phrygian languageand it is very little supports this Greek tradition. AVAIALA 6+0000 CONIMAVO 170AA МАСХА 1. чтоп ддолу до валунду з HYCM oro," Fig. 206-Carian inscriptions Not many Phrygian inscriptions, and those very short, have been discovered. Some of them belonging to the seventh-sixth centuries B.C. are written in an earlier dialect and in an indigenous alphabet of Greek origin (Fig. 204). The neo-Phrygian inscriptions of the Roman period are written in Greek script.
SR No.007273
Book TitleAlphabet Key To History Of Mankind
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorDavid Diringer
PublisherHutchinsons Scientific and Technical Publications
Publication Year1953
Total Pages609
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size29 MB
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