Ruby's Greek Thread

[Juan_Sali]

IIN in the word DAIIN can be read as one letter, or as different letters. Dr. Bax pointed out that minims in different combinations can be read as 14 different characters. 

There are sevetal arguments that point to AIIN as a unique symbol m:
m can be written is several ways, with or without the flourish start and end. That would explain the apparent differences. 
When it is decomposed in several glyphs it is difficult to read, nobody has proposed an undubted way to read them without ambiguity. There is no logic in the use of symbols with such a level of ambiguity.
The number of AIIN in the text is too high compared with any other 4-gram. The % of AIIN preceded by D compared with the non preceded by D is high. II is almost always acompanied by the starting A or ending N. 
There is an analisys that could be done by experts in handwritting.: the a, like the o, nowadays in handwritting is written counter clockwise. The m is written from the left to the right in a unique stroke. The A of the AIIN and the A in other parts of the text not included in AIIN are written in the same way? If they are not it would be an indication that AIIN is just an m.