07-09-2016, 08:08 PM
(07-09-2016, 07:12 PM)-JKP- wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.(07-09-2016, 06:52 PM)julian wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view....
If you buy the hypothesis that they are ciphers for the same plaintext word, then the glyph "8" is likely a null in Language A. ...
That's one possible explanation.
Another possibility is that 8ain is a functional unit and they got tired of writing out the whole thing and realized ain would suffice, in which case the 8 glyph in other words might not be a null.
But then would you not expect the B words to be generally shorter than the A words, if the scribe was tired?!