Orientation of proto-cuneiform signs



Gebelein painted linen, Gebelein, ca. 3600 BC

Orientation of proto-cuneiform signs according to the Gebelein painted linen


Tag (P002208), Uruk, ca. 3350-3200 BC

AN    |SZU2.EN~a| (cover.lord)    DARA4~a1 (red)    KU6~a (fish)


Orientation of proto-cuneiform signs in conventional orientation turned 90 ĚŠ counter-clockwise

GA'AR~b2  


Orientation of proto-cuneiform signs according to the direction of Hierakonpolis (AN)



Note the orientation of the fish



References:

https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/material/S_17138
https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/2208
https://cdli-gh.github.io/proto-cuneiform_signs/

December 28, 2024   Takahiko Nakagawa