The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c10.s2: Analysis of Table II
The Script of Harappa and Mohenjodaro and its Connection with Other Scripts c10.s2
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Analysis of Table II
c10.s2.1
The similarity of the form of the signs in Col. IV suggests that they may be variants or represent allied sounds. That they are not all variants is clear from No. 22, where U and U appears on the same text. But that U is closely allied to U in sound and can take its place, is clear from a comparison of Nos. 15 and 16. It is interesting to compare U with V . For just as V is clearly a member of the V group (cf. I. 401 with I. 391 and I. 51, 139. 331, 357) and probably a graphic variant of V ; so U clearly belongs to the U group and is probably a graphic variant for U , which is not found on these texts (perhaps to avoid confusion with U which is ideographically quite distinct). Again a comparison of Nos. 24 and 25 shows that U and U are variants, which again is parallel in the V group. The sequences in Table II give no direct evidence as to the value of U , but the analogy of the V group suggests that U should be regarded as phonetically allied to U and U . There is nothing repugnant to this in the sequences, while the morphography of the sign strongly supports such a view. We may conclude therefore that U is a syllable. That the remainder are graphic variants of a sign which was formed by a deliberate modification of U to represent an allied syllable.
c10.s2.2
The last two signs in Col. IV are variants of each other. The sign is a compound of U and ☤ .