The Origins of Writing, the Alphabet and the Syllable PE - LexiLine Journal 564

[In amended form later published as a book under the title Ancient Signs]


This is the 12th posting in this series (later updated for Luvian), and presents the Syllable PE 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 "a ? ? filler".

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

PE πῦρ (pyr). The hypothetical proto- Indo-European root is *peh₂ur "fire". The Phaistos Disk sign could be an ancient torch while the other signs are braziers. An Ancient Greek casserole and brazier. Image from Wikipedia, Ancient Agora Museum in Athens, Photo by Giovanni Dall'Orto, November, 2009.

Cypriot syllabary �� PI Casserole in a Brazier, see image at left. An old Indo European root. FIRE, PYRE, e.g Latvian UPUR "offering" (and KUR "stoke a fire, burn" hence Egyptian hieroglyph KH.)

Linear B ��(72) PE An ancient brazier, cooking utensil, or hearth of some kind. Greek πῦρ "fire"

Phaistos Disk �� PE Perhaps a torch. Greek πῦρ "fire" Hittite ������ (paḫḫur) Old English fȳr (“fire”) Some think it is an ox foot. πεζός

No similar sign on the Axe of Arkalochori Photo of an ancient 4- legged brazier found online at http://www.tcnj.edu/ ~anchouse/kitchen.html

Elamite PE 4-legged brazier Egyptian KH καίω brazier 4-legs and flame

Sumerian PIR heat, (clearly a brazier) (Jaritz #684) BAR4 oil vessel on a brazier (Jaritz #453)