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Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
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Meroitic Cursive and Hieroglyphs
- 3rd century B.C. - 4th century A.D.
List of symbols
Cursive
Hieroglyphic
Transliteration
Phonetic value
a
/a/ or /u/
b
/ba/
d
/da/
e
/e/, /ǝ/, or vowel absence
h
/x
w
/
i
Modifier /i/
k
/ka/
l
/la/
m
/ma/
n
/na/
ne
/ne/, /nǝ/ or /n/
o
Modifier /u/ (maybe also /o/)
Cursive
Hieroglyphic
Transliteration
Phonetic value
p
/pa/ (in the words borrowed from Egyptian) or /ba/
q
/k
w
a/
r
/ra/
s
/sa/
se
/se/, /sǝ/ or /s/
t
/ta/
te
/te/, /tǝ/ or /t/
to
/tu/ (maybe also /to/)
w
/wa/
x
/xa/
y
/ya/ ?
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Numerals
1
9
200
6000
50000
2
10
300
7000
60000
3
20
400
8000
100000
4
30
500
9000
500000
5
40
600
10000
600000
6
50
700
20000
700000
7
70
800
30000
800000
8
100
1000
40000
900000