63 - The Syllable ZE : 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 63rd posting in this series (which started here), and presents the Syllable ZE 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 ZE in the Minoan Aegean Sign Concordance (by Andis Kaulins)

ZE Signs  here are either measuring sticks or the seed heads of wheat which look similar to a marked measuring stick. ζειά “Einkorn” triticum monococcum There is overlap here with geo- and the syllable GE, indicating two different terms for “Earth” in use. Normally expected might be γεωμετρέω (geometry – “earth measure“) but one sees that there was also a Z- syllable term such as in ζείδωρος "epithet of the earth", viz. Sumerian zikura “Earth”. Compare γεόομαι “to become Earth” with Latvian zeme, Lithuanian žeme, Old Prussian semme “Earth”

Cypriot syllabary No Cypriot sign known. _______ Egyptian The Djed Pillar is associated with Memphis, the Summer Solstice and immortality and ostensibly measures the 3 or 4 seasons (it varies) as symbols of life. (for more observations see columns right)

Linear B 𐀽(74) ZE measuring stick (the semi-circle could represent any number of things: water itself or perhaps a plumb for measuring the depth of water Egyptian See also my discussion online of the Nomes of Egypt

Phaistos Disk 𐇜 ZE ζειά “Einkorn” triticum monococcum Sumerian ZIZ “emmer wheat” Egyptian ZWT “wheat”

No comparable Axe sign __________ Example of an Egyptian Nilometer, here somewhat idealized versus the original source Nilometer (idealized) based on an illustration at WaterHistory.org Jnbw-n-JTY gnomon at Memphis R. Hannig DJED The Djed Pillar

Elamite ZE measuring stick with markings Sumerian ZAG “boundary, border” Did the Sumerian sign below precede Egyptian DJED? ZA4 (Jaritz #133)

Sumerian ZE Ryan: "stick with pennant stuck upright in water, used as a height-marker for its rising" (Jaritz #130) ŠE “grain, barley” (Jaritz #669)