REFLECTIONS: TWO LINEAR B SIGNS (69, *47) IN LIGHT OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN 'UNION OF TWO LANDS' (SEMATAWY) ---- (Part 12)

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This article suggests that two Linear B signs (69, * 4 7) denote 'union,' specifically the ancient Egyptian 'Union of Two Lands,' i.e., North and South Egypt. The Egyptian term for this union is sema taui (from sema 'union', ta 'land'; -ui 'dual; taui 'two lands),' and the earlier suggestion that sign 69 derives from a picture of a leaf should perhaps be reconsidered in favor of the Egyptian sema tawy symbol. Also, on a very speculative note I suggest that the Linear B pronunciation of sign 69 as /tu/ may derive from the /t/ and /u/ sounds of taui 'two lands.'

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(2025) "REFLECTIONS: TWO LINEAR B SIGNS (69, *47) IN LIGHT OF THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN 'UNION OF TWO LANDS' (SEMATAWY) ---- (Part 12)," Comments on Etymology: Vol. 55: Iss. 1, Article 1.
Available at: https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/coe/vol55/iss1/1