Terrien De Lacouperie, “The Old Babylonian Characters and their Chinese Derivatives”, 1888, Part Two (2) was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Terrence Deacon, “The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and Brain“, 1997 also was the topic of an earlier blog post
Here I present: “Ancient and Mystical Alphabets” metal, wall-chart.
Abecedary (known simply as ABCs) is a listing of the letters of an alphabet, listed in order.
This is an educational tool; and, learning item for languages study. The “Ancient and Mystical Alphabets” metal, wall-chart can be purchased on Amazon.
SUMMARY.
The chart consists of fourteen (14) language scripts, listed BELOW.
1. Anglo-Roman (abc’s).
2. Ugaritic Cuneiform.
3. Old Persian Cuneiform.
4. Sumerian Cuneiform.
5. Egyptian Hieratic.
6. Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
7. Egyptian Demotic.
8. Hebrew.
9. Greek.
10. Elder Futhark.
11. Phoenician.
12. Aramaic.
13. Arabic.
14. India Brahmi.
Any Abecedary is always language specific, as shown by the fourteen (14) items listed ABOVE.
Here I presented: the “Ancient and Mystical Alphabets”, metal, wall-chart. This “Ancient and Mystical Alphabets” metal, wall-chart can be purchased on Amazon.
COMMENTS.
Below are five (5) words as they appeared in Mesopotamia’, Egypt, and China. The five (5) words are: 1. bird, 2. fish, 3. ax/axe, 4. arrow, & 5. bottle.
Mesopotamia’ / China STROKES for the five (5) words are shown BELOW.
Fish 6/11.
Bird 4/11.
Axe 3/9.
Arrow 5/5.
Bottle 14/12.
The numerical nature of the Mesopotamia’ and China patterns is apparent, and essential in the arrangement of “dictionary” listings of words.
Similarly, BELOW is Cuneiform, Chinese, Egyptian and Latin scripts. The numerical nature of the Cuneiform and Chinese patterns is shown BENEATH.
Kanji: 4天 6地 5玄 11黄 strokes.
Cuneiform: 4-3-4-3- impressions.
Example of arranging cuneiform in dictionary order is shown BELOW.
3. Impressions (17).
𒄬. 𒆳. 𒅆. 𒀀. 𒀶. 𒀼. 𒃰. 𒄑. 𒄕. 𒆕. 𒉡. 𒉺. 𒋡. 𒋻. 𒍭. 𒌍. 𒀖.
4. Impressions (34).
𒀭. 𒁀. 𒁷. 𒂟. 𒃻. 𒄥. 𒄭. 𒄷. 𒆐. 𒆸. 𒇬. 𒋛. 𒌓. 𒆨. 𒇳. 𒐂. 𒉌. 𒉼. 𒉿. 𒊩. 𒋖. 𒋝. 𒋥. 𒋿. 𒋾. 𒍝. 𒍞. 𒍦. 𒍧. 𒎕.𒎗. 𒆜. 𒌇. 𒌐.
Abecedary (known simply as ABCs) is a listing of the letters of an alphabet, listed in order.
Beneath is the statement “Aum equals “m” “c” square; and, the Periodic Table’ of Elements’ is an Abecedary in the language of Chemistry.
An Abecedary, a full alphabet set carved in stone; and historically found on church, temple and other ecclesiastical buildings.
