Kvashilava, Gia, 2010. On Reading Pictorial Signs of the Phaistos Disk and Related Scripts (2). Rosette (in Georgian and English)
This study concerns the graphic character, symbolic meanings, typological parallels, commentaries and reading of the Phaistos Disk pictorial sign PHD38.
This study concerns the graphic character, symbolic meanings, typological parallels, commentaries and reading of the Phaistos Disk pictorial sign PHD38.
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m. The sign <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Indus script (e.g., Harappan, Mohenjo-<br />
Daro) 386E/110 (Everson 1999-b, 8); Brāhmī script signs:<br />
, [tha] (Monier-Williams 1999, xxvii), [tha];<br />
n. Proto-Elamite script signs: , , sheep (Englund<br />
2004, 106, Fig. 5.3b; 125, Fig. 5.14; 128, Fig. 5.17; 130, Fig.<br />
5.19); , , (Englund 2004, 115, Fig. 5.8a; 125, Fig. 5.14);<br />
, [lik(?)], [*li]; [gal(?)] (Viers 2000, 80, Fig. 2);<br />
o. The Sumerian 1 script sign => => [udu] –<br />
sheep (PSD; Burrows 1935, 22, 272; Falkenste<strong>in</strong> 1936, 761)<br />
<strong>in</strong>scribed on <strong>the</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g clay tablets <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Uruk III period:<br />
Ashm-1926-642; Ashm-1926-576; Ashm-1926-564; Ashm-1926-<br />
646; 2<br />
1 . Sumerian [ki·en·gi 7 (·r)] (Walker 1987, 55),<br />
[ki·en·gir 15 ] = ki place + en lords + gir 15 /gi 7 (·r) noble = <strong>the</strong> place <strong>of</strong> noble<br />
lords (PSD; Halloran 2006, 6, 110); Akkadian šumeru; Hebrew<br />
[š<strong>in</strong>’ar]; Greek , ; <strong>Georgian</strong> [š<strong>in</strong>q’ari]; <strong>English</strong><br />
Sh<strong>in</strong>ar (Bible 1989, 2008, Genesis 10.10, 14.1, 14.9) – Sumer. Sumerian<br />
[eme·gir 15 ] – <strong>the</strong> Sumerian language (PSD; Halloran 2006, 19, 87)<br />
that is, accord<strong>in</strong>g to N. Popkhadze, related to form e·m·egir·ul-/e·m·egr·ul-<br />
/m·egr·ul- – M<strong>in</strong>grelian (see http://nabukodori.blogspot.com).<br />
Comp. Sumerian , [engur], that was <strong>the</strong> name for <strong>the</strong> mythological<br />
underground fresh water lake <strong>in</strong> Sumerian <strong>and</strong> Akkadian mythology<br />
(comp.: PSD; Mercer 1918, 16; Halloran 2006, 54; MPW 1991, I, 22; 1992,<br />
II, 40): <strong>Georgian</strong><br />
[engur·i] (Fähnrich 1981, 11); M<strong>in</strong>grelian<br />
[<strong>in</strong>gər·i], [<strong>in</strong>gir·i] – 1. <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> Colchian god <strong>of</strong> water;<br />
2. a river <strong>in</strong> west Georgia that flows <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> Black Sea, 3. a village <strong>in</strong> west<br />
Georgia, Zugdidi region; Svan [iegir] – river.<br />
2 . The periods <strong>of</strong> Mesopotamian civilization, number<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> clay tablets <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g abbreviations are given accord<strong>in</strong>g to http://cdli.ucla.edu/pubs/cdlj<strong>in</strong>fo.html:<br />
Ashm = Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; CDLI = <strong>the</strong> Cuneiform<br />
Digital Library Initiative; Erm = Hermitage Museum, St.-Petersburg; MRAH<br />
= Musées Royaux d‟Art et d‟Histoire, Brussels.<br />
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