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The disc ... features 241 tokens, comprising 45 unique signs, which were apparently made by pressing hieroglyphic "seals" into a disc of soft clay, in a
by pan69 11y ago
The disc ... features 241 tokens, comprising 45 unique signs, which
were apparently made by pressing hieroglyphic "seals" into a disc of
soft clay, in a clockwise sequence spiraling toward the disc's center.
That sounds completely opposite from what I expect you to do when pressing the symbols into the clay. I gut tells me you start at the center and move outwards.
- mcphage 11y agoIf you read further in the article, you'll see that your idea was the original interpretation, but has since been supplanted. For instance, the symbols are more evenly spaced on the outside, but get more cramped towards the center. And where two symbols are overlapping, the inward symbol is on top (and so was pressed later).