specific names of the siglum used on SH
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As I mentioned above, in languages that use Latin scribal abbreviations, the curved or wiggly macron most often represents er/re/ir/ri but can stand for more letters (or homonyms). It is similar to modern apostrophe. The missing letters are known by context. It is a common symbol; most scribes used it.

Here is a quick grab of some examples:

[Image: SampleMacrons.png]
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RE: specific names of the siglum used on SH - by -JKP- - 04-06-2021, 12:24 AM

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