At first sight the GD24 glyphs seem to be easy to distinguish in the flow of strange glyphs in Tahua. However, there are difficulties. If there is a 'normal' (without additional signs) GD24 in Tahua, then we probably find it in these three glyphs (Ab3-48, Ab3-51and Ab8-65):
Also acceptable as GD24 are glyphs which have oval 'heads', as in Ab2-66 and the right part of Ab4-34:
In Aa2-72 and Ab6-77 the two 'heads' are vertically assymmetric:
Still, we should identify the left respectively right part of these glyphs GD24 signs. In Ab3-58 the form is twisted:
The characteristics seem to be a mixture between GD24 and GD49. Similarly, in Ab4-48 we probably have a mixture between GD24 and GD32:
So far we are on fairly secure ground. But there are instances where the two 'holes' in GD24 appear disjunct, e.g. in the complex glyph Ab7-25:
Ab8-71, on the other hand, has been included in GD24 (although fundamentally expressing GD84):
The open 'mouth' variant is seen in e.g. Pa5-36:
In Ab2-62 we recognize the pattern from Ab7-25 and Aa5-6 (see above):
Possibly there is an allusion to GD24 in the two dangling 'balls', but I do not find this as sufficient reason for including the glyph in GD24. On the other hand, and after some doubt, I have decided to include the two strange successive glyphs Aa6-25 and -26 (the latter with ovoid hole) as together constituting one example of GD24:
Ab3-76, with two 'heads', has - rather arbitrarily - been regarde as too far away to be included:
The right part in Ab4-26, though, I feel may be a sign of GD24:
Aa8-43 is somewhat similar to Aa2-72:
But in Aa8-43 the GD24 part is inverted and the 'hand' is pointing inwards instead of outwards. If Aa2-72 is an example of a glyph with GD24 traits (which I have decided earlier above), then it follows that Aa8-43 also should be an example of GD24. Ab2-43 possibly alludes to GD24, but I have decided not to include it:
The same goes for Ab2-64 (just two glyphs away from Ab2-62 - see earlier above) and Ab2-9:
Aruku Kurenga (B) Only one obviously clear example is found, Bb11-39:
GD24 with oval 'heads' appear in e.g. Bb8-1 and at left in Bb9-25:
In Bb7-33 the right part seems to be an inverted variant:
Also Ba7-29 may be inverted:
After some hesitation I have identified GD24 with open 'mouth' in Ba7-31 and Ba8-5:
Ba1-16 is too far away and excluded from GD24:
The same goes for Ba9-29 and Ba10-4:
On the other hand - after hesitation - I have accepted the pair Bb5-6--7:
Also Bb2-44 (an unusual variant of GD43) maybe alludes to GD24:
Mamari (C) Unusual is Ca6-28, which because of general impression and open beak I decided to classify as GD23:
A pair similar to Bb5-6--7 (see above) is Cb6-13--14:
Another pari which I also accepted as GD24 is Ca13-8--9:
A last strange example I found in Cb10-13, with one central closed hole and one open at top right:
(Though perhaps the head is a more natural companion to the central hole?)
Échancrée (D) No clear examples of GD24 glyphs are possible to find.
Keiti (E) Eb6-30 has an open upper hole:
The rest of the texts The texts above have been used as a kind of 'test ground' to see if the definitions could be used. For the rest of the texts the same principles have been used, although less stringently. The experiences gained have been relied upon rather than what is written above about what characterizes the glyph type. There may be a few extra glyph added, which would not have been so with a strict application of the written definitions. On the other hand there has been no attempt to ignore glyphs which according to the written definitions ought to belong to the glyph type. |
