REFLECTIONS ON LINEAR B, (part 15): SIGN 81 IN LINEAR A AND THE EGYPTIAN FOUR-HEADED RAM GOD BANEBDJEDET

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Abstract

This article makes several tentative suggestions, including:

1. Linear A sign 81 (antecedent of Linear B81) may be an abbreviated image (two heads) of the four-headed Egyptian ram god Banebdjedet, with the horizontal line designating his horns shifted downward to the middle of the character.

2. A few other Linear A characters (e.g., sign 305) may represent slight alterations of sign A81.

3. Linear A82 includes two sets of three short horizontal lines. Those might signify brightness, and in the case of Banebdjedet the brightness would be his wisdom.

Recommended Citation

(2026) "REFLECTIONS ON LINEAR B, (part 15): SIGN 81 IN LINEAR A AND THE EGYPTIAN FOUR-HEADED RAM GOD BANEBDJEDET," Comments on Etymology: Vol. 55: Iss. 6, Article 1.
Available at: https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/coe/vol55/iss6/1