This is obvious in the glyph at left, but not as clear in the two at right. GD36 should be assymmetric (with a sharper point at right) - that is not the sign. The sign is a tiny 'tooth' at bottom left, hardly noticeable in the third glyph. In Pa6-27, a glyph parallel with Aa2-2, the 'tooth' is very clearly indicated:

The overall form of the 'bent branch' varies. Aa1-72 (see above) is closer to the norm than the other examples. Ab5-18 is also close to the norm:

Ab8-28 is not close to the norm:

In combinations with GD32 we can see a range of possibilities, e.g. Aa5-18, Ab6-55 and Ab7-39:

An unusual variant, with the 'tip of the branch' missing, is seen at right in the complex glyph Aa1-26:

GD36 may be inverted, as in Aa1-20 and Aa7-50:

Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish GD36 from GD44 ('moon crescent') and therefore I have a hyperlink from GD36 to GD44 (and the other way). I have also classified the two glyphs above as both GD36 and GD44 due to the uncertainty.

Clear cases of GD36, though, are Ab6-28 and Ab7-5:

I have also classified as GD36 the glyphs Aa2-6 (due to the top right sign) and Ab2-41 (top left sign):

After some hesitation also the left part of Aa2-45 has persuaded me to sort the glyph as GD36 (in addition to GD78):

That decision allows more glyphs to be classified as GD36, e.g. Aa5-55 and Aa6-15:

Even such examples as Ab6-70, Ab6-68, Ab6-67 suddenly became possible:

However, to let these three and other similar glyphs with 'pointed arms' belong to GD36 would be impractical. Also - the 'pointed arms' could very well be just that, stylized versions of GD35. But I will not include them in GD35 either. The purpose of the glyph catalogue is to be able to locate glyphs of a certain kind, but the 'pointed arms' seem to be of various kinds.

Such an example as Ab6-41 I found reasonable to classify as GD79 ('shepherd's staff'), but later I also found GD119 as a reasonable location.

There exist other similar 'doubly bent branches', e.g. Ba5-35:

But I have no special GD for them. To help I have included hyperlinks to e.g.GD79 and GD119.

I also classified the following glyphs (Ab2-73, Ab4-37, Ab4-38, Ab6-86) as GD79 (and not at the same time as GD36):

A similar difficulty is found in the GD23 glyphs, where the 'frontal member', as in Aa6-24, possibly may be seen as a 'bent branch':

Also here I have solved the problem by inserting a hyperlink (from GD36 to GD23 - though not the other way).

There remain two special cases, Aa7-31 and Ab7-2:

I have classified them as GD36 although it is clear that they fundamentally belong to GD113 respectively to GD54.

Glyphs in other GD:s which have signs in form of a 'pointed branch' (or equally well a 'pointed arm', a 'pointed wing' etc) and which possibly are allusions to GD36, are not included in GD36. Examples (Aa3-61, Ab5-51, Aa4-11, Aa1-10):

GD26 may be a combination of GD62 and GD36, but that does not force me to include GD26 also under GD36.

GD36 is difficult to classify and probably I will later have to revise what is written above, when the glyphs from all the other tablet texts have been thoroughly investigated.

Aruku Kurenga (B)

Inverted GD36 we find in Ba9-30 and Bb9-19:

Moreover, inverted glyphs are seen together with GD14 in Ba3-6, Ba3-23 and Ba6-16:

Together with 'headless people' are found glyphs which maybe refer to GD36, Ba9-32, Bb2-5, Bb3-19, Bb5-34 and Bb10-27:

They obviously do not belong to GD79 and with the exception of Bb10-27 GD35 does not seem to be correct, therefore I decided to locate such glyphs here, at GD36.

A few GD54 glyphs maybe allude to GD36 and I have therefore chosen as examples Ba10-22 and Bb6-25, in order to focus attention on that possibility:

Cfr also Ab7-2 above. The lead from Aa5-55 and Aa6-15 and the following discussion made me decide to include as GD36 Ba4-11, Ba5-15, Ba8-39 and Bb10-16:

Odd glyphs which I have classified as GD36 after hesitation are Bb12-39 and Bb12-36:

Notable are also Ba5-20, Bb10-42, Bb5-20 and Bb10-30:

Mamari (C)

Ca1-21 and Ca9-5 are more examples of GD54 with a touch of GD36:

Ca3-19 - otherwise fundamentally GD33 - made me include the glyph also here as GD36:

The bottom part maybe is alluding to GD44, but I have not included the glyph there, it is enough with a hyperlink from GD36 to GD44, I think.

Aa5-55 and Aa6-15 and the following discussion (see also earlier above at Ba4-11 etc) influenced me to include as GD36 Ca12-22, Cb6-6, Cb8-22, Cb9-20, Cb10-14 and Cb12-29:

However, the borderline cases are difficult to decide. Many glyphs with similar 'arms' will not be found also as GD36.

Notable glyphs with GD36 as possible allusions in their legs are Ca13-5, Cb14-9 and Cb14-14:

Finding Cb14-12 in between Cb14-9 and Cb14-14 then convinced me to make an exception and include also that glyph here, assuming the arm to allude to GD36:

Worthy of special attention is the strange left part of Cb6-1:

Échancrée (D)

Db2-102 is the only GD36 glyph, I think:

Keiti (E)

Ea2-25 has at right bottom a strange bent sign, not possible to classify elsewhere than in GD36:

Together with GD18 we have GD36 in Eb3-22 and Eb7-10 (cfr Cb12-29 above):

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.