Lemnos stele: transliteration

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 5611
Date: 2001-01-18

Miguel:
>>I doubt [<s'> is] a "sh", as it's much more common than sigma. More
>> >>than likely, in this text sigma <s> is /S/, and the sign transcribed
>> >>as <s'> (or <$> or <z>) is the plain /s/.

Miguel again, talking to himself:
>On the Lemnos stele, <s> only occurs in the "double genitive"
><-asi-al->, in the numeral <sialchv-> (Etr. <s'ealch>), and in the
>word <evistho>. In the case of "60" ("40"), the "sh" is assured by
>Etruscan

I will accept this and realign my transliteration... thus /avis zialchveis/
instead of /aviz sialchveiz/.

- gLeN

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