symbols-a4

6 Ancient languages
This section presents letters and ideograms from various ancient scripts. Some of these symbols may also be
useful in other typesetting contexts.
Table 269: phaistos Symbols from the Phaistos Disk
J \PHarrow e \PHeagle B \PHplumedHead
h \PHbee o \PHflute d \PHram
X \PHbeehive H \PHgaunlet l \PHrosette
R \PHboomerang p \PHgrater P \PHsaw
K \PHbow G \PHhelmet L \PHshield
b \PHbullLeg a \PHhide Y \PHship
D \PHcaptive Z \PHhorn V \PHsling
S \PHcarpentryPlane Q \PHlid r \PHsmallAxe
c \PHcat m \PHlily q \PHstrainer
E \PHchild N \PHmanacles C \PHtattooedHead
M \PHclub O \PHmattock I \PHtiara
W \PHcolumn n \PHoxBack g \PHtunny
U \PHcomb k \PHpapyrus j \PHvine
T \PHdolium A \PHpedestrian s \PHwavyBand
f \PHdove i \PHplaneTree F \PHwoman
Table 270: protosem Proto-Semitic Characters
a \Aaleph E \AAhe k \Akaph s \Asamekh R \AAresh
A \AAaleph z \Azayin K \AAkaph p \Ape S \Ashin
b \Abeth w \Avav l \Alamed P \AApe v \Ahelmet
B \AAbeth H \Aheth L \AAlamed x \Asade V \AAhelmet
g \Agimel h \AAheth m \Amem X \AAsade t \Atav
d \Adaleth T \Ateth n \Anun q \Aqoph
D \AAdaleth y \Ayod o \Aayin Q \AAqoph
e \Ahe Y \AAyod O \AAayin r \Aresh
The protosem package defines abbreviated control sequences for each of the above.
In addition, single-letter shortcuts can be used within the argument to the
\textproto command (e.g., “\textproto{Pakyn}” produces “Pakyn”). See
the protosem documentation for more information.
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