Alphabet Key To History Of Mankind

Author(s): David Diringer
Publisher: Hutchinsons Scientific and Technical Publications

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INDEX
601 Saskya Pandiat (Lama), 318
Sencirli, Senjirli; sea Zenjirli Satavahana dynasty, 342, 345
Senoi (Tribe), 403 Saudi Arabia, 243
Septimia bath Zabbai; see Zenobia Saugar District, 332 f.
Septuagint (The), 279 Saul, 238
Sequoya, 176 Saurashtran, 399 F., 568
Serabit al-Hadem; see Sinaitic Saxon; see Anglo-Saxon
Serbian, 481 ff., 493 Saxony, 532
Serbo-Croatian, 483, 492 Scandinavia, 27, 508, 512 f., 515. 318, Serendib; see Ceylon
520 ff.; see also Nordic, No Serrin, 280 Runes and Teutons
Serta script, 285 "Sceptre hand,"; see Koleluttu
Serug Valley, 355 Schleswig. 508 f.
Set-jong, 445 f. "Scholasticoghams; see Picts, Pictish Sewhani Bhabhiras script, 376 f. oghams
Start; see Sardes Scipio (Consul L. Cornelius) tomb- Shafatba'al inscription, 206, 201 ff. inscription, 533 535
Shahbazgarhi, 302 Sciri stele, 504
Shamanists, 316 Scotland, 283. 484. 509, 525, 529 ff.; Shan (Languages), 403, 405, 409 f.
see also Irish and Pictish oghams 412, 413 ff. Scramasax (Inscribed), 510 f., 517 Shan Doan; see Aitonia Scriptures, 184: see also Bible
Shanghai, 170 Scythians; see Skythians
Shang-Yin dynasty, 100 ff., 105, 108 Seals, 73, 76, 83 ff., 207, 240, 243 f..
240, 243 f.. Shcha', 223, 328, 333. 355, 407: see also Cylinder Shechem, 208 f. seals
"Shell character", 383 Sea-Peoples, 91
Shem, 253 Secret codes; see Cryptic scripts
Shen-nung, 102 Secret society, 148 ff.
Shetland Islands, 530 Segere, 430
"Shield of David," 150, 152 Sela', 267
"Shifted axes" (Chinese symbols), 113 Seleucid, 53, 277, 280, 304
Shih Chou p'ien, 103 Self-explanatory characters, 112
Shikarpuri script, 376 f. Semang tribes, 31
Shinji moji character, 169 Semantic representation, 3!
Shin-kata kana, 171 f. Semi-alphabet, 157, 177, 251, 315, 329.
Shirvan: see Albania (Caucasus) 337
Shiva, 402 Semi-apparent; see Cryptic
Shoku-nihongi 169 Semi-cursive scripts, 542
Short-hand, 37, 108, 1771 371, 520 Semi-ideographic, 160
Shubar, 253 Semi-phonetic, 160
Shui-kin; see Pu-shui Semi-secret; see Cryptic
Shuo wên, 102 f., 107, 110, 112, 114 Semi-syllabary, 157, 251, 315, 336, 360 Shu shu script, 107 Semi-uncial scripts, 542, 544. 546
Sialkot; see Sakala Semiryechensk, 286
Siamese, 99, 331, 401 f., 403, 413 ff., Semites, 41, 49, 60, 98, 195 ff., 200 i., 207, 214 ff., 226, 235 ff., 254. 292,
Siamese-Chinese languages, 98 301, 307 f., 322, 333, 335, 337, 341,
Siao-chuan; see Hsiao chuan 351 387, 392, 451, 453 455 f., 461,
Siberia, 24. 35, 157, 286, 314, 319, 568; 484.493.495, 317 536 554, 356,
See also Kök Turki 566; see also North Semitic, South Sibilants (Greek), 456 Semitic, and under names of indivi- Sibsagar District, 413, 419 dual peoples
Sicani, Sicel alphabet, Sicily, Siculan, Semitic-Greek-Etruscan, 536, 538
Siculi, 243, 269, 472, 490, 496, 502, Semitic-Greek-Etruscan-Latin, 538
504. 541 Semitic-Hamitic linguistic family, 366 Sichem; see Shechem Semitic migrations, 235, 253
Sicyon, 455 Semitic pre-Israelitic inhabitants of Sidatsangara or Sidat-sangarava, 390 Palestine; see Canaanite
Siddapura inscriptions, 340