Thanks a lot Miguel for the info.
At last! Now, it can be claimed with a reasonable degree of
confidence that most of the inscribed objects of Indian civilization
can be read as tools of trade of braziers, yes, bharata-s.
No wonder, in the tradition of Bha_rata, Bha_rati_ is another name
for Sarasvati_, the river, godess of speech, arts and crafts. Yet
another synonym of Sarasvati_ become the name of a script: Bra_hmi_.
The file which outlines the decoding method, is at the URL
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndianCivilization/files/sarasvati/brazi
ers.doc
Click on files; click on folder sarasvati.
File : /sarasvati/braziers.doc
Description : Meluhhan language and bha_rata
This is a breakthrough in ancient studies of the region related to
ca. 3300 BCE.
The nature of Meluhha (ml.ekh, 'goat' -- Brahui) and its relation to
all the languages of Bha_rata, to Pali, Santali, Gujarati, Marathi,
Kannada, Telugu, Konkani, Punjabi in particular can now be resolved
and evaluated further through substratum, adstratum studies.
The closest substrate family? Nahali! Close to Bhr.gu Ks.etra in the
Gulf of Khambat. We are certainly dealing with a linguistic area ca.
3300 to 1500 BCE on the Sarasvati Sindhu River Basins.
The inscribed objects of the civilization can be read with confidence
using mleccha dialect which Vidura and Yudhis.t.hira knew (as noted
in the Maha_bha_rata).
After the first volume on Sarasvati (available at Amazon), the
quintet, next 5 volumes of Sarasvati encyclopaedia are in press
and are titled: 1. Sarasvati: Epigraphs; 2. Sarasvati: Language; 3.
Sarasvati: Technology; 4. Sarasvati: Bha_ratam Janam; 5. Sarasvati:
Heritage.
Kalyanaraman
--- In cybalist@..., Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:
> Sumerian <tibira> or <tabira> (written LU2 URUDU-NAGAR,
i.e. "[person]> copper.carpenter") means "metal worker, coppersmith".
> > It is generally assumed that the word was borrowed from some other
> language. A possible candidate is PIE *dhabhros "carpenter, smith"
(>> Lat. faber, Arm. darbin). After all, one cannot exclude that
Sumerian> <urudu>, "copper", was borrowed from a PIE name for the red
metal,> *h1reudhos (Skt. loha-, Slav. ruda, Lat. raudus/ru:dus, OHG
aruzzi >> Erz [borrowed from *aruti in some other IE lg.?]).