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To: S0122017

I'll stick with the premise that it's Anatolian.


121 posted on 03/23/2006 7:43:51 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Yes indeed, Civ updated his profile and links pages again, on Monday, March 6, 2006.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Anatolian

1) Hittite (nesili), attested from ca. 1900 BC to 1100 BC, official language of the Hittite Empire

2) Luwian (luwili), a close relative of Hittite spoken in adjoinging regions sometimes under Hittite control
Cuneiform Luwian, glosses and short passages in Hittite texts

3) Hieroglyphic Luwian on seals and in rock inscriptions
Palaic, spoken in north-central Anatolia, extinct around the 13th century BC, known only fragmentarily from quoted prayers in Hittite texts

4) Carian, spoken in Caria, fragmentarily attested from graffiti by Carian mercenaries in Egypt from ca. the 7th century BC, extinct ca. in the 3rd century BC.

5) Lycian, spoken in Lycia, and Lydian, spoken in Lydia, Iron Age descendants of Hittite or Luwian dialects, both extinct in ca. the 1st century BC, fragmentary.

6) Pisidian and Sidetic (Pamphylian), fragmentary.

I checked them out; and sorry, they don't match.
Carian resembled it the most and i could not find Pisidian.

On the other hand, if that last symbol would have one instead of two lines or is supposed to be a cross
then it could be anything.


122 posted on 03/23/2006 10:41:53 AM PST by S0122017
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