49 - The Syllable LI : Origins of Writing in Western Civilization and the Kaulins Minoan Aegean Sign Concordance (MinAegCon™): A Syllabic Grid of Mycenaean Greek Linear B Script, the Cypriot Syllabary, the Phaistos Disk, two Old Elamite Scripts, the Inscription on the Axe of Arkalochori, and Comparable Signs from Sumerian Pictographs and Egyptian Hieroglyphs

This is the 49th posting in this series (which started here), and presents the Syllable LI in the Syllabic Grid. Each syllable is presented in its own posting.

There is first a scan of a "syllabic" table excerpt from the original Microsoft Word manuscript -- the links there are not clickable because it is one image.

That image is followed by the original text -- the links there are clickable -- but you can not see the Aegean Fonts or images embedded in Microsoft Word, as these do not resolve in Blogger, so you will see some "filler" material. After I get all the syllables online, I will clean up the individual pages by making images of the various signs and uploading them to eliminate the current text resolution deficiencies, but it is a massive amount of tedious extra graphics work, so I am not doing it right now, as it is not essential for online purposes. One can see the full grid for the syllable on the scanned image.

The Syllable LI in the Minoan Aegean Sign Concordance (by Andis Kaulins)

LI The Phaistos Disk has a sign of the osprey or sea eagle, in archaic Greek called ἁλιάετος and in Linear B an abstracted sign of talons, beak and wings. Considered for Linear B but discarded was the alternative of a flower like the Madonna lily λείριον. The lily is among the most ancient cultivated ornamental flowers. In Crete it was the most frequent floral motif of Minoan art... the sacred flower...

Cypriot syllabary 𐠑 LI ἁλιάετος The sign is a bird in the air with the line below the wing element representing the ground, i.e. the earth, as in other signs.

Linear B Is read as RAI in error (33) LI ἁλιάετος an abstracted sign of talons, beak and wings. In Linear B texts, not E-RAI-WO but E-LAI-WO for ἔλαιον "olive oil".

Phaistos Disk 𐇮 LI ἁλιάετος archaic "sea eagle, osprey" On the south coast, near Matala, you can find ospreys." creteuguide.info. (continue at column right)

No comparable Axe sign Wikipedia Osprey image "In Minoan times, Matala was most likely the port for the Palace of Phaistos, which is about 10 km north of the village." crete-guide.info

Old Elamite LI The above sign has an uncertain depiction. Is it a simplified abstracted drawing of a bird wing, talon & prey, and sky at the line?

Sumerian LID or LIT (Jaritz #759) beak and bird head? Egyptian Hieroglyphs A? ἁλιάετος not the same as Horus