Talk:Arkalochori Axe

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Contents 1 Comparison with the Phaistos Disk 2 AB80 3 Comparison with Linear A 4 Could some context be added?

[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)

[edit] Could some context be added?

Having hit the article via the "Random article" link, I found the context lacking. Some of it was made more clear by the categories at the bottom, but can't the editors put some of the context into the article? GRBerry 22:20, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Good point. I've added some clarifying keywords in the first sentence. I hope that will do the trick. Washi 21:52, 9 October 2007 (UTC)