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724 TABLETS RELATING TO FLOCKS AND HERDS, ETC.
found in relation to numbers. Two closely allied signs, however, occur
evidently referring respectively to the same animals, in which the double
stem is replaced by an elongated upright loop (Fig. 706, B 90, 91 a, d, e)
foikL30^
0000^-
50 = 111 |o::^p
000 - ~
OOO-"
O-- J^f-s
iv« ^ £ jn ir z y £
Fig. 707 a, ^, c. Tablets relating to Flocks and Herds, Swine and Horses.
and these seem to be essentially of the phonetic class. They are only found
in sign-groups that presumably represent personal names. These signs are
never directly connected with numbers.
As is natural, the numbers of swine mentioned in single tablets are less
than those of the sheep and goats, amounting at most 186. Here, too, the
pig's head by itself, sometimes with a short un-barred stem, is usecl
phonetically in name-groups. The same is true of the ' horse' sign.
found in relation to numbers. Two closely allied signs, however, occur
evidently referring respectively to the same animals, in which the double
stem is replaced by an elongated upright loop (Fig. 706, B 90, 91 a, d, e)
foikL30^
0000^-
50 = 111 |o::^p
000 - ~
OOO-"
O-- J^f-s
iv« ^ £ jn ir z y £
Fig. 707 a, ^, c. Tablets relating to Flocks and Herds, Swine and Horses.
and these seem to be essentially of the phonetic class. They are only found
in sign-groups that presumably represent personal names. These signs are
never directly connected with numbers.
As is natural, the numbers of swine mentioned in single tablets are less
than those of the sheep and goats, amounting at most 186. Here, too, the
pig's head by itself, sometimes with a short un-barred stem, is usecl
phonetically in name-groups. The same is true of the ' horse' sign.