Scott Creighton wrote:

> MS: . . . asserted categorically and merely ignoring
> evidence that, in the style of relief found at Abydos, the
> distinction between Aa1 and N5 was marked by colour . . .
>
> SC: You are making this up. You have ZERO evidence of this.

[upload.wikimedia.org]

Try looking. (Remember what I said about not fixating on ‘Khufu’?)

> MS: is so objectionable to you that you must defend it
> at all costs, then go right ahead. But I doubt few reading this
> thread will be convinced by the explanations thus far presented
> for the absence of a quail bird and circle hatchings in the
> Abydos "Khufu".
>
> This is a deep, dark mystery to you?[/quote]
>
> SC: A mystery to me and probably to many others reading this
> thread.

Were you to leave off ego-tripping long enough to crack a primer on hieroglyphs, you would find it less so.

> MS: Egyptian spelling varied. Hieroglyphs (such as the
> quail chick) were omitted, if it better suited the composition.
>
> SC: You just keep making it up as you go along, don't you.
> Again, you have ZERO evidence to support the missing hatching
> and the missing quail in the Abydos inscription of "Khufu". If
> what you say is indeed the case then just about EVERY AE glyph
> is up for any interpretation one might wish to apply to it.
> Complete twaddle and you know it.

Scott (and I’m saying this nicely): it is only your deep, deep ignorance of the topic which insists that “hatching” must be there at all; it is only your high-handed and insolent dismissal of the evidence kindly presented to you by sfbey which prevents you seeing and understanding his point about the difference between Aa1 and N5 being marked at Abydos by colour; it is only your conceit and lack of humility which prevents you consulting a couple of good introductory books and learning that what I say about ancient Egyptian spelling is entirely true.

I invite you to go get a clue and then apologise.

> Each time you present a band-aid to fix this gaping hole, you
> just make matters worse. Quit while you're still not too far
> behind.

Keep trying, Scott: say it long enough and loud enough and someone might be gullible enough to believe it.

M.