The Star Rohini 10. The Star Rohini Fig. Hence the reading pottu min is interpreted as the 'carp' as well as the 'star Rohini'. In short, Parpola interprets the words as 'red' by association and not by homonymy. Q uite apart from the linguistic problems pointed out above, Parpola's readings and interpretations of the 'modified fish' signs are, in general, insecure as they rest primarily on rather arbitrary meanings assigned to the conventional diacritic-like markings which cannot, by their very nature, be identified pictorially with any degree of certainty.
Alternative interpretations are possible and have been proposed.