イロハ



Wall painting from Tomb 100 at Hierakonpolis, ca. 3500-3200 BC

Oracle bone, late Shang dynasty (ca. 1200-1050 BC)

イ（杖）


Stele of Ushumgal and Shara-igizi-Abzu, probably from Umma (modern Jokha), 2900-2700 BC

ロ（くち）

ヒエログリフで「口」（くち）を表す文字の発音は "ro" です。


Figurine, Diqdiqqeh (Iraq), ca. 2000-1595 BC

Frescoes from Akrotiri (Santorini), 17th century BC

ハ（水弧）


Oracle bone, China, Shang dynasty (ca. 1200-1050 BC)

Tablet (P006079), Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), ca. 3200-3000 BC

Tablet (P006040), Umma (mod. Tell Jokha), ca. 3200-3000 BC

ア



References:

https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/quibell1902bd2/0100/image,info
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2120051211338259&set=pcb.2120053074671406
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/329079
https://www.penn.museum/collections/object/313115
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Zde/Frescoes_from_Akrotiri
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_OA-172
https://cdli.earth/artifacts/6079
https://cdli.earth/artifacts/6040

January 14, 2025   Takahiko Nakagawa