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________________ 74 THE ALPHABET marks, and vases with property marks are attributed to the same period (Fig. 4, 1), but it is doubtful whether the latter should be regarded as a true script. Still, we are at the beginning of writing; the script of this period may be termed "Pictographic Class A." (Fig. 36, 1). The "Pictographic Class B" of M.M.II is more developed and more cursive, and is En 1 Ls + + YX 74 # 1 Parva #F W:"" 2**(*) 2441774 「デロスライス Han tien FF YA #YYH A II | tt A 19 TTT CP 8 pc Les 42 3 # & ET X X 4 A OO A * Fig. 37 1, Main symbols of "Linear Class A". 2. Inscribed tablets of "Linear Class A". 3. Inscription in ink of "Linear Class A". represented not only by inscriptions on seals, made of rock crystal, jasper, carnelian and so forth, in three or four-sided, or circular form, but also by inscriptions on clay tablets, labels or bars (Fig. 36, 2 and 3). The symbolsnumbering, according to Evans, about 135-represent (Fig. 36, 4) human figures, parts of the body, arms, domestic animals, religious symbols, ships, wheat, olive sprays, and also some geometric
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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