Talk:Arkalochori Axe

message: Although I added the entry, it looks pretty unlikely that 05 is related to PD42. Washi 04:08, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comparison with the Phaistos Disk

message: As an aside, it seems quite reasonable to make the connection between PD29, a cat's head, and the syllable sound 'MA', represented by AB80, which could be a cat's face -- although Axe 08 doesn't really look so much like a cat's face... it doesn't really look all that much like AB80 for that matter.  
Anyhow, I can think of some writing systems which are part acrophonic, and part onomatopoeia... perhaps the best examples are Egyptian ('ma' for cat, by the way), and Linear A:
   AB 23 'mu' from Hieroglyphic 12, a bull-head
   AB 80 'ma' from H cat-head (not identified as a sign in Olivier-Godart's 
                               publication, though they now admit it)
   AB 67 'ki' from H 57 a sistrum (a type of rattle)
   AB 60 'ra' from H 18 dog-head
   AB 50 'pu' from H 58 harp
Sorry this is veering off-topic, but I thought perhaps it was worth mentioning.
Washi 04:28, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: AB80

message: I find 02-03 I-DA tantalizing, as I also find 08-09 MA-TE, both of which seem to be common Linear A libation formulae. Washi 04:10, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comparison with Linear A

message: Having hit the article via the "Random article" link, I found the context lacking.  Some of it was made more clear by the categories at the bottom, but can't the editors put some of the context into the article?  GRBerry 22:20, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good point.  I've added some clarifying keywords in the first sentence.  I hope that will do the trick. Washi 21:52, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Could some context be added? 

message: Just to say I've created an article for him, next, Glanville Price. Dougweller (talk) 15:39, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Godart 

message: The word in Greek for “head” is κεφάλι, if you use the first two leters (or something that sounds like them) you get something like this, Ka-i-da ke-?-to ke-ma-te ke-sa-ma-na ?-?. The second part of “Ka-i-da" is the Linear A word for Mt. Ida. Ke-?-to is very similar to Ki-to, the word in Linear B for Tunic. Ke-ma-te is similar to Ko-ma-we-te-ja, which means “hair” and might have been a goddess, also, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out these people who wrote of this axe were illiterate. Ke-sa-ma-na is close to ki-ma-me-na, which is a field. So this might mean, a goddess (of hair?) from Mt. Ida that has a tunic and oversees fields. The last part might mean Pu-we which is like Pa-ko-we (sage) or maybe Pu-ma, which is like Pa-ma-ka (medicine). I also want to mention that the Linear B letter, if you will, KE has zigzag lines on them like the head used on this axe. --Russianamerican1 (talk) 21:38, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: This is really not appropriate here - see WP:NOR, and would be better for a forum of some sort. Now if you can find reliable sources (see WP:RS), that would be good. Dougweller (talk) 05:59, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Decipherment?

message: It may be worth mentioning that some of these symbols are similar and ocasionally identical to Indus Valley Script symbols, which are, interestingly, also primarily found stamped in clay and on votive axes.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.169.42.228 (talk) 23:46, 4 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: We'd need sources meeting WP:RS. Dougweller (talk) 12:31, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other possible comparison