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682 COMPARISONS BETWEEN CLASSES A AND B
relate to various properties. (See Tablets, Fig. 709, p. 726 below). A series
of these lias already received illustration in relation to the grain stores of
the Palace. (4) An interesting ideographic series relating to overseers of
crops, &c. (see Fig. G85, p. 701, below), specially applied to the super-
intendence of olive-groves (Fig. 699, p. 716).
s,s"s, , It is necessary to realize, in the case of both the A and B systems, that
used both J ... L'
as ideo- in a considerable number of cases, where the signs were used in groups
phono- phonetically as syllables, they could also stand alone with their full value
grams. as ideographs. A large number of examples of this double usage can be cited.
The signs T;he signs that were exhypothesi phonetically used, including the animal
phonetl- . , , .
callyused. forms represented in the above Table, are 73 in number, but of these eight
are unique. The syllabary in ordinary use may have amounted to about
62 characters, as compared with about 85 signs of the same kind in the case
of Linear Class A. The phonetic signs of Class B thus almost exactly
represent in numbers three-quarters of those of Class A. Together with
recent additions, the Hieroglyphic Signary may itself have amounted to
over 150 characters. It will be seen, therefore, that, regarded as stages
towards an alphabetic standard of 24 letters, the signary of Class B shows
a certain advance on Class A.
Comparisons between Classes A and B.
Compari- A glance at the comparisons between the two signaries supplied by
between Figs. 059 and 066 is sufficient to show that the common element in Classes A
Signaries , [ £ ; \
A and B : . °
new signs. Questions may arise in individual instances, but it may be said that 50
types at least, though often divergent in style, are common to the two
systems. A whole group of signs that form a characteristic feature of Class A
are now omitted. Typical examples of these are given in Fig. 003, and it will
be seen that, amongst those the origin of which seems to be traceable,
they include the hand and forearm, No. 11, the ' sistrum ', No. 36, the ' feline
head', No. 40, the 'throne' (without sceptre), No. 53, the ' manacles', and
the 'lyre', No. 78. On the other hand, a series of wholly new types now
make their appearance. Among these (see Fig. 064) are the 'whip ,
B. No. 18, the ' single-edged axe ', B, 20, the ' Sacral Horns', B. 22,> and the
'Throne and Sceptre', B. 27.
In other cases types usual in Class B occur as rarities in Class A.
Thus L, which is certainly an alternative form of £]■ anc' 's exclusively
1 Not given in Kiff. 664.
relate to various properties. (See Tablets, Fig. 709, p. 726 below). A series
of these lias already received illustration in relation to the grain stores of
the Palace. (4) An interesting ideographic series relating to overseers of
crops, &c. (see Fig. G85, p. 701, below), specially applied to the super-
intendence of olive-groves (Fig. 699, p. 716).
s,s"s, , It is necessary to realize, in the case of both the A and B systems, that
used both J ... L'
as ideo- in a considerable number of cases, where the signs were used in groups
phono- phonetically as syllables, they could also stand alone with their full value
grams. as ideographs. A large number of examples of this double usage can be cited.
The signs T;he signs that were exhypothesi phonetically used, including the animal
phonetl- . , , .
callyused. forms represented in the above Table, are 73 in number, but of these eight
are unique. The syllabary in ordinary use may have amounted to about
62 characters, as compared with about 85 signs of the same kind in the case
of Linear Class A. The phonetic signs of Class B thus almost exactly
represent in numbers three-quarters of those of Class A. Together with
recent additions, the Hieroglyphic Signary may itself have amounted to
over 150 characters. It will be seen, therefore, that, regarded as stages
towards an alphabetic standard of 24 letters, the signary of Class B shows
a certain advance on Class A.
Comparisons between Classes A and B.
Compari- A glance at the comparisons between the two signaries supplied by
between Figs. 059 and 066 is sufficient to show that the common element in Classes A
Signaries , [ £ ; \
A and B : . °
new signs. Questions may arise in individual instances, but it may be said that 50
types at least, though often divergent in style, are common to the two
systems. A whole group of signs that form a characteristic feature of Class A
are now omitted. Typical examples of these are given in Fig. 003, and it will
be seen that, amongst those the origin of which seems to be traceable,
they include the hand and forearm, No. 11, the ' sistrum ', No. 36, the ' feline
head', No. 40, the 'throne' (without sceptre), No. 53, the ' manacles', and
the 'lyre', No. 78. On the other hand, a series of wholly new types now
make their appearance. Among these (see Fig. 064) are the 'whip ,
B. No. 18, the ' single-edged axe ', B, 20, the ' Sacral Horns', B. 22,> and the
'Throne and Sceptre', B. 27.
In other cases types usual in Class B occur as rarities in Class A.
Thus L, which is certainly an alternative form of £]■ anc' 's exclusively
1 Not given in Kiff. 664.