We wouldn’t wish to lose these words:

Jon Ellison Wrote:
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> Hi Scott..
>
> Agreed.. although I am not an authority on ancient
> writing..
> I do understand the processes that are involved in
> in mark making..
> It seems like a simple idea but can be rather
> complicated. It's a Fine Art thing :)
> Eyeofhorus and myself discussed this out in an
> earlier post.
> If they were painted vertically and in situ by an
> AE then yes the individual characters would be as
> your first illustration.
>
> If they were painted horizontally before the block
> was installed then they would appear as in your
> second illustration.
>
> However there are a number of other factors that
> have previously been discussed that indicate the
> painting was done post block installation. In
> situ.
>
> This would indicate that the painting is not AE
> and was done in situ.
>
> There is more evidence to come but we are still
> working on it .
>
> By the way are there any other examples of AE
> painted, not carved Quail???
>
> Jon
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>
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> Post Edited (17-Jul-14 12:44)