This glyph type is quite variable. We can start with Aa3-3:
The bottom part agrees well with the standard of GD84 seen above. We can also see that the 'body' is very much bent over, another characteristic of GD84. But instead of two wing-like 'arms' we here can see just one 'arm', ending with 'fingers' it seems. In Aa5-68, we once again recognize the two legs at bottom and the very much bent 'body'. However, the 'head' is up and so is the hatch-marked 'arm':
We can draw the conclusion that the common characteristics of GD84 consist of a) the two legs, and b) a very much bent over 'body'. From this preliminary definition it seems reasonable to classify as as GD84 also Ab7-79 (a glyph which is an internal parallel to Aa5-68) and Aa1-81:
The latter glyph has a transformed bottom part, but the main outline of two legs can be recognized. The 'tail' is the transformed 'body'. After some hesitation I have furthermore decided to include also the strange Aa1-69 and Aa1-76:
They may be regarded as two further evolutionary steps away from Aa1-81. From Aa3-3 (cfr top above) the conclusion becomes next to unavoidable to include also Ab8-71 and Ab8-17:
The bottom parts are quite different, but obviously the top parts of the glyphs allude to the same 'character' as Aa3-3. Next step is to recognize in Aa5-77 a companion to Ab8-17:
In Ab3-47 we may discern features similar to those in Aa1-69 - a very bent over body and an inverted head:
And then, finally, we have to add as GD84 also Aa6-27 and Ab3-43:
Aruku Kurenga (B) Close to the standard for GD84 is Ba5-41:
In Bb9-30 we can see a compound where GD84 has been fused together with GD29:
Similar glyphs are e.g. Bb10-38 and Ba5-42:
A further development is Bb2-36, where we also recognize GD52:
Bb8-33 and Bb10-4 are more complex, yet we find GD84 involved here too:
In Bb10-3 and Bb9-1 the part at left no longer is GD29 but GD49:
In Bb8-5 we see a left part which may be influenced not only by GD49 but also by GD52 (or even by GD33):
Ba4-7 and Ba3-18 are recognizable as further developments, yet with right parts which are GD84:
Finally, Bb6-8--9 presumably also belong to GD84:
Mamari (C) The GD84 glyphs in Mamari are different from those seen in Tahua and Aruku Kurenga. We can begin with Cb14-7 in which we recognize the left part as GD29, while at right we have a severely bent 'body'. The three 'fingers' we also recognize, though here not hanging down but rather pointing at left as in GD52:
In Ca13-18 the complex composition presumably also is GD84; a severerly bent neck, a sitting posture (GD52) and a hand hanging down:
The signs in the glyph sequence Cb10-1--2, Cb10-4, Cb10-6--7 together give us reason to identify all five as strange variants of GD84:
This experience has then influenced me to include even the following glyph sequence as GD84 (Cb11-12--14 and Cb11-16
The severely bent neck can be combined with GD15 and therefore it should be allowed to include as GD84 also Cb14-6 and Cb8-3:
After this long enumeration there remain just two marginal cases of GD84, viz. Cb12-7 and Cb14-18:
Échancrée (D) No obvious examples of GD84 are found.
Keiti (E) No obvious examples of GD84 are found.
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. |
