07-11-2026, 08:33 PM
All these ideas are very interesting and invite further brainstorming.
The idea of a mode or switching mechanism, in particular, has a lot of theoretical potential. I myself had suspected a grammatical mode, unfortunately without success.
@nablator: I like the idea of a mode-based cipher. If we applied a kind of Naibbe logic using the gallows, the same words could take on different meanings depending on the active mode (if I understood you correctly?).
In the end, however, we have to ask ourselves: could many of these “peculiarities” simply be inaccuracies on the part of the scribes, similar to some variations in individual glyphs? If there were indeed five different hands, that would even seem quite plausible.
The idea of a mode or switching mechanism, in particular, has a lot of theoretical potential. I myself had suspected a grammatical mode, unfortunately without success.
@nablator: I like the idea of a mode-based cipher. If we applied a kind of Naibbe logic using the gallows, the same words could take on different meanings depending on the active mode (if I understood you correctly?).
In the end, however, we have to ask ourselves: could many of these “peculiarities” simply be inaccuracies on the part of the scribes, similar to some variations in individual glyphs? If there were indeed five different hands, that would even seem quite plausible.
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