File:Wadi el-Hol inscriptions drawing.jpg
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The horizontal symbols are what they believed was the cycle of life. The vertical symbols are what they believed was the cycle of death and what they had to accomplish to make it to paradise.
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Traces of the 16 and 12 characters of the two Wadi el-Hol inscriptions. (Photos here and here) |
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immediate source: http://www.maarav.com/current.shtml BRUCE ZUCKERMAN IN COLLABORATION WITH LYNN SWARTZ DODD Pots and Alphabets: Refractions of Reflections on Typological Method (MAARAV, A Journal for the Study of the Northwest Semitic Languages and Literatures, Vol. 10, p. 89) |
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