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COMPARISONS BETWEEN CLASSES A AND B 683
used in the later script, is occasionally found in place of the other in Class A.
In the same way the unrecognizable 'saw' sign, 38$ (Fig. C59) of Class A, is
a degeneration characteristic of Class B. So, too, a sign, J\, different ft
■om
66
Fig. 663. Characteristic Signs of the Linear Class A omitted in B
_] 30A31X 3s\i(.3S-l\ 36/j\ 3al ,w(
Fig. 664. Characteristic Signs that make their first Appearance in the Linear Class B.
the ordinary ' throne' sign of this Class, and obviously corresponding with
that of the late Palace tablets, fj, is found on the ' Trullos ladle'' in company
with A script. This may be primarily regarded as a result of Knossian
dominion over the neighbouring Arkhanes community. Otherwise, the
' throne'sign of the earlier class is invariably Qj, no sceptre appearing.
Although Class B covers a somewhat later period and illustrates in Classes A
many of its features a more fully developed stage in the Art of Writing, it largely
cannot be regarded as simply a later outgrowth of A. It is on the whole m
^ I J & common
of independent growth, though both systems largely go back to a common source.
prototype. In one or two cases, indeed, such as notably in the ' flying bird ',
^, No. 32 (41 of Class A), and in the 'leaf sign, <§, No. 2S (A. 60). the
characters of B stand in a nearer relation to the pictorial prototypes. So,
too, the ' single-bladed axe ' and the ' horns of consecration ' found in B and
the Hieroglyphic series are not represented in A. Class B is freer and clearer Advanced
jg features
in many ways than the other. Though it contains one character, j~, No. 31, ofB.
already fused into a compound shape from three separate signs of the
series—j[, (*, 7—it is not, as the other system, cumbered with an endless
series of ligatures, of which specimens have been given above.2
Apart from the absence of ligatures, however, the general arrange-
ment' of the script remains the same, except that in the B system it is
clearer. We note the recurrence of inventories or lists of possessions, with
1 Sec, too, P. of M., i, p. 626, Kg. (163. - See p. 679, Fig. 662.
used in the later script, is occasionally found in place of the other in Class A.
In the same way the unrecognizable 'saw' sign, 38$ (Fig. C59) of Class A, is
a degeneration characteristic of Class B. So, too, a sign, J\, different ft
■om
66
Fig. 663. Characteristic Signs of the Linear Class A omitted in B
_] 30A31X 3s\i(.3S-l\ 36/j\ 3al ,w(
Fig. 664. Characteristic Signs that make their first Appearance in the Linear Class B.
the ordinary ' throne' sign of this Class, and obviously corresponding with
that of the late Palace tablets, fj, is found on the ' Trullos ladle'' in company
with A script. This may be primarily regarded as a result of Knossian
dominion over the neighbouring Arkhanes community. Otherwise, the
' throne'sign of the earlier class is invariably Qj, no sceptre appearing.
Although Class B covers a somewhat later period and illustrates in Classes A
many of its features a more fully developed stage in the Art of Writing, it largely
cannot be regarded as simply a later outgrowth of A. It is on the whole m
^ I J & common
of independent growth, though both systems largely go back to a common source.
prototype. In one or two cases, indeed, such as notably in the ' flying bird ',
^, No. 32 (41 of Class A), and in the 'leaf sign, <§, No. 2S (A. 60). the
characters of B stand in a nearer relation to the pictorial prototypes. So,
too, the ' single-bladed axe ' and the ' horns of consecration ' found in B and
the Hieroglyphic series are not represented in A. Class B is freer and clearer Advanced
jg features
in many ways than the other. Though it contains one character, j~, No. 31, ofB.
already fused into a compound shape from three separate signs of the
series—j[, (*, 7—it is not, as the other system, cumbered with an endless
series of ligatures, of which specimens have been given above.2
Apart from the absence of ligatures, however, the general arrange-
ment' of the script remains the same, except that in the B system it is
clearer. We note the recurrence of inventories or lists of possessions, with
1 Sec, too, P. of M., i, p. 626, Kg. (163. - See p. 679, Fig. 662.