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**formobilagsw** · 12-29-2008, 08:08 AM

Oh, I see ... well, we can't get any language that far back anyway, whether they came Out of Africa or from elsewhere. The earliest writings are all around 3,000 BC (Egyptian, Indian and Sumerian).

Anyway, I found this, and it seems to make sense:

http://egyptologist.org/discus/messages ... 1046980256

Normally the lion glyph stands for rw (GARDINER E 23). During the Ptolemaic Period [around 300 BC - Ish] the need arose for an L-sign. Apparently Egyptian /r/ sounded somewhat like /l/ (as in Japanese), so they picked the lion... The system used by modern Egyptian jewellers to produce cartouches with tourists' names is the Ptolemaic one, of course. Hope that helps.

12-29-2008, 08:08 AM	#5
formobilagsw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 539 Senior Member	Oh, I see ... well, we can't get any language that far back anyway, whether they came Out of Africa or from elsewhere. The earliest writings are all around 3,000 BC (Egyptian, Indian and Sumerian). Anyway, I found this, and it seems to make sense: http://egyptologist.org/discus/messages ... 1046980256 Normally the lion glyph stands for rw (GARDINER E 23). During the Ptolemaic Period [around 300 BC - Ish] the need arose for an L-sign. Apparently Egyptian /r/ sounded somewhat like /l/ (as in Japanese), so they picked the lion... The system used by modern Egyptian jewellers to produce cartouches with tourists' names is the Ptolemaic one, of course. Hope that helps.
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