tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588247216777605704.post2826325004222222434..comments2023-04-05T08:04:07.514-04:00Comments on Bryn Mawr Classical Review: 2015.11.36Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588247216777605704.post-25690574022412167712015-12-01T00:53:45.347-05:002015-12-01T00:53:45.347-05:00Thanks, Judith, as always. Vassilis Petrakis also ...Thanks, Judith, as always. Vassilis Petrakis also pointed this out in a personal email. In a review of a monumental book that takes on so much so well--one really could have written four 3,000-word reviews of the book's main sections—every word counted. Those small 'corrections' Erin and I listed were a kind of tachygraphy. <br /><br />In this case, the 'official' CHIC syllabary is what it is right now with regard to the 'cat's head'. Our mentioning it is a two-headed point of criticism, as it were. Or a side swipe (as with a cat's paw) nudging us all to reconsider whether in fact the sign should be recognized. Indeed, raise it as and keep it for now an open question. <br />Thomas Palaimahttp://www.utexas.edu/cola/classics/faculty/profile.php?id=palaimatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6588247216777605704.post-60146358276424271792015-11-30T06:18:46.990-05:002015-11-30T06:18:46.990-05:00A small remark on a small correction: "there ...A small remark on a small correction: "there is no cat's-head sign in the official CHIC Cretan Hieroglyphic signary." This is certainly true of CHIC, but the removal of the cat sign in its various guises is perhaps still best left an open question (e.g. Jasink 2009; Civitillo 2007).Judith Weingartenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06683483030413488309noreply@blogger.com