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Ancient writing systems in the Mediterranean

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Phrygian

- 8th cent. B.C. - 3rd cent. A. D.


List of symbols


The syllabary, presented in this section comes from Brixhe - Lejeune, Inscriptions paléo-phrygiennes, 280. Variantions are presented both in their most common context, from left to right, and in the the rarest context, from right to left. 17 signs seem to be inspired by a model of proto-Greek alphabet. Sign Nr. 18 does not appear in the earliest phase of the paleo-Phrygian writing system. Six letters are rare and of unknown value.

About the reconstruction and transliteration of the Phrygian signs into Latin letters see M. Lejeune, "Les inscriptions de Gordion et l'alphabet phrygien" Kadmos 9 (1970) 51-74 with a comment to R.S. Young, "Old Phrygian Inscriptions from Gordion; Toward a History of the Phrygian Alphabet" Hesperia 38 (1969) 252-269.

Sign in a left to right contextSign in a right to left contextTranscription
simbolo simbolo
a
simbolo simbolo
b
simbolo simbolo
g
simbolo simbolo
d
simbolo simbolo
e
simbolo simbolo
f
simbolo simbolo
i
simbolo simbolo
k
simbolo simbolo
l
simbolo simbolo
m
simbolo simbolo
n
simbolo simbolo
o
Sign in a left to right contextSign in a right to left contextTranscription
simbolo simbolo
p
simbolo simbolo
r
simbolo simbolo
s
simbolo simbolo
t
simbolo simbolo
u
simbolo simbolo Sign discussed in Lejune 1970, 59 sg.
simbolo simbolo It always appears in front of an i and between i and e in a pre-palatal context
simbolo simbolo Probable value ks
simbolo simbolo Uncertain Hapax.
simbolo simbolo
Hapax
simbolo simbolo Hapax discussed by Lejeune 1970, 63 and following.
simbolo simbolo They are not real letters but marks.