R Avry Wilson Wrote:
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> sfbey Wrote:
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> > Scott, You think there are rules that apply to
> > writing dates as opposed to numbers iirc? How do
> > you know there are not different rules for writing
> > stone placement information? Or "rules " for
> > quarry marks?. Or no rules for quarry marks
> > because of their rough and ready nature?. Or
> > different rules for log books? Or rules for
> > lengths and heights as opposed to number of items?
> > One thing for sure we have very few examples to
> > consider. The paucity of hieratic inscriptions
> > makes advocating any hard rules at all
> > intellectually suspect.
>
> An excellent point, Greg.

Seconded. As if we knew enough about the genre to warrant Creighton’s heavy-handedly prescriptive treatment of it.

M.