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RE: orion-list Orion-List: Serech (5-1/2 screens)
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Thanks to Rochelle for the work that went into her presentation. I'm still
pouring over the photographs. I wonder if there aren't at least two typos,
however (see below)?
>
> Scribe 1 writes his sin (l.1 Israel) with a straight central
> stroke and his
> shin (l.2 mishpat) with a curved central stroke. Both the
> right- and left-
> hand legs of his shin/sin are straight (not bowed). His 'taf'
> (l.1 zot) has
I'm still looking for the zot.
> Scribe 2 writes both his sin and his shin with a straight
> central stroke;
> however, he writes the right-hand leg of his shin straight
> and his sin bowed.
> His 'taf' is again written in two strokes, but there is quite
> a diffeence
> beteen the 'tafs' of Scribes 1 and 2. Scribe 2 starts his
> right-hand side
> with a very rounded headstroke, similar to the right half of
> a sans-serif
> 'h'; his completion stroke starts above the headstroke, comes
> down straight,
> and then makes a distinct left-hand curve out at the bottom
> (l.2 just before
> the tear - BRTIM).
Shouldn't this be BRITM?
I've been using the photograph of this column from the CD-ROM edition of the
scrolls produced by FARMS and found it clearer and also capable of being
scaled up to be viewed more closely.
David Suter
Saint Martin's College
For private reply, e-mail to "Suter, David" <dsuter@stmartin.edu>
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