My pare prototype is Pa3-3 and the parallel pare glyphs in H and Q are rather different, expecially the Q pare:
*Qa2-40 has only 1 great 'eye hole', and the 'flames' appear to be more like crescents. The single 'thread' at top left seems to be the aberrant 'odd' one in the formula 3 + 1 = 4. Maybe the single mata in *Qa2-40 is in some way reflecting the fact that Q has no place for a 2nd pare in parallel with those in H and P:
The missing pare in Q could maybe have been the first glyph on side b if space on the tablet had allowed it:
Day numbers and other circumstances regarding these pare glyphs will be discussed further in a series of pages. We will begin with the Q text. |
