25-08-2016, 07:48 AM
That's really hard to say - the elements to consider are the following:
- Which word did the deer bring to mind? A direct reference to Heracles' You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.? Or just any regular vocabulary item for the tye of deer/gazelle that was known to the original audience?
- I may have to reconsider the label reading. I very gradually construct my understanding of the glyphs based on interaction of the mnemonic and plant name. Only if they have some overlap and suit a way to interpret the label, I pin down an identification.
I still think Heracles' club is alluded to in the shape of its rightmost leaf, but the original composer of these images was a master in saying many things with one image. I am certainly willing to consider that Heracles' deer was intended here, but that would mean starting all over again.
One thing I am more certain about is that a type of wood is intended, timber or a "woody" product. The first word of the label is clearly an Indic form of the Proto-Indo–European *deru. In modern varieties, it takes forms like dar, dal... Modern English words derived from the same root are tree, tray, tar... Cinnamon in Hindi and related languages is called Dalchini, "Chinese wood".
I fully admit that this is one of the analyses I was least certain about. But it will take some time to check the "deer" option fully.
- Which word did the deer bring to mind? A direct reference to Heracles' You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.? Or just any regular vocabulary item for the tye of deer/gazelle that was known to the original audience?
- I may have to reconsider the label reading. I very gradually construct my understanding of the glyphs based on interaction of the mnemonic and plant name. Only if they have some overlap and suit a way to interpret the label, I pin down an identification.
I still think Heracles' club is alluded to in the shape of its rightmost leaf, but the original composer of these images was a master in saying many things with one image. I am certainly willing to consider that Heracles' deer was intended here, but that would mean starting all over again.
One thing I am more certain about is that a type of wood is intended, timber or a "woody" product. The first word of the label is clearly an Indic form of the Proto-Indo–European *deru. In modern varieties, it takes forms like dar, dal... Modern English words derived from the same root are tree, tray, tar... Cinnamon in Hindi and related languages is called Dalchini, "Chinese wood".
I fully admit that this is one of the analyses I was least certain about. But it will take some time to check the "deer" option fully.