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Maˈtʼuww is a project involving linguistics, history, and art on the phylogenetic relationships of writing scripts descended from Egyptian hieroglyphs, showing how connected we are as humans. 𓏞 Project link: matuww.github.io https://www.ko-fi.com/matuww

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Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · Oct 20

The goal of maˈtʼuww is to portray the phylogenetic relationship of #Egyptian hieroglyphs and her descendant scripts, and allow a visual comparison between letters, while backing this up with evidence wherever possible.

#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#art
#matuww

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · 1h

Learn more about #Archaic #Greek #alphabets here:
tinyurl.com/mr23fzcy

#history
#map
#matuww

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · 1h

Here's a sneak peek of what's next on #matuww!
#Greek derived #writingscripts

Comparisons are technically on the main page but individual pages will come soon and any previously incorrect information will be updated.

Stay tuned.

#history
#linguistics

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · 2d

Final note:

There is this innate human instinct to draw connections between unrelated things - #apophenia

While satisfying, we must not forget the evidence laid before us to help us make better informed decisions.

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a shoutout to a very helpful resource to building #matuww:

#Mnamon - a collection of academic articles on #writing system used in the #Mediterranean

It is extremely visually orientated and concise - a good place to start for sure.

Link: tinyurl.com/4vd8dc2m

#history
#linguistics

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · 2d

3/3

I will therefore not include the #Armenian,
#Georgian, and #Caucasian #Albanian #alphabets in this project because of this.

Time to move on to the other #Greek -derived scripts.

#matuww
#linguistics

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · 2d

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However, I am not convinced that the letter forms actually are derived from it, even from its cursive forms, as they differ too greatly, especially when drawing in comparison with other Greek-derived scripts such as #Coptic and #Cyrillic.

#matuww
#linguistics

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · 2d

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A follow-up to investigating the graphical origins of #Armenian,
#Georgian, and #Caucasian #Albanian #alphabets - It seems that the numerical values of letters (based on position in alphabet) correspond to #Greek.

#matuww
#linguistics

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · 16d

If you like what we do here on #matuww,
please consider supporting us on #ko-fi!

It helps fund #art #commissions for #portraits to put #faces behind those behind the pen/stylus/brush/hammer and chisel/keyboard while supporting #independent #artists like Claud!

Link: tinyurl.com/ueysvkkh

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Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · 16d

New #commission #art joins the #gallery of #matuww!

Many thanks to Claud for depicting the southern #Slavs in the #Balkans who are still using #Cyrillc script today!

Learn more about the Cyrillic #alphabet here:
tinyurl.com/3p92wvs3

Check out Claud here: tinyurl.com/26kk7y5u

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · 28d

No posts lately because I'm trying to understand the graphical origins of #Armenian and #Georgian #alphabets.

It's not very conclusive and everyone seems to be disagreeing with each other :')

Snapshots of papers related.

If anyone is knowledgeable in this area please DM!

#matuww
#linguistics

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Aurora Paz Viruet 🔻 @aurorapviruet.bsky.social · Sep 16

D(ecimus) STATOR PRINCIPIT-I ET FELICI LIB(erto) FORTUNATUS EXSACTOR: "To the Mane Gods. To the freedmen Decimus Stator, Principi et Félix, the tax collector Fortunato (dedicates)".
Found inside the Santiago Church in the Old Town of #Coruña.
📸: Mine
#AncientBlueSky🏺
#Archaeology
#EpigraphyTuesday

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · Sep 14

If you like what we do here on #matuww,
please consider supporting us on #ko-fi!

It helps fund #art #commissions for #portraits to put #faces behind those behind the pen/stylus/brush/hammer and chisel/keyboard while supporting #independent #artists like Claud!

Link: tinyurl.com/ueysvkkh

Support Matuww Scripts

Support Matuww Scripts

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · Sep 14

New #commission #art joins the #gallery of #matuww!

Many thanks to Claud for depicting the #medieval #Bulgarians who used the Early #Cyrillc script and they still do now!

Learn more about the Cyrillic #alphabet here:
tinyurl.com/3p92wvs3

#Bulgaria

Check out Claud here: tinyurl.com/26kk7y5u

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源 -gen- @gen3ww.bsky.social · Sep 7

ミイラ作りで臓器を納める「カノプス壺」🏺
蓋の形ごとに守る臓器が決まっている。

小さい頃、祖父と初めて行ったエジプト展で衝撃を受けた一品。見るたびに肝がキュッとしまって、当時の記憶が蘇る🫀

#豊田市博物館
ブルックリン博物館所蔵特別展古代エジプト

#GENと博物館
#GENとエジプト

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · Aug 31

If you like what we do here on #matuww,
please consider supporting us on #ko-fi!

It helps fund #art #commissions for #portraits to put #faces behind those behind the pen/stylus/brush/hammer and chisel/keyboard while supporting #independent #artists like Claud!

Link: tinyurl.com/ueysvkkh

Support Matuww Scripts

Support Matuww Scripts

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · Aug 31

New #commission #art joins the gallery of #matuww!

Many thanks to Claud for depicting the #Manchurians who used the #Manchu script!

Learn more about the Manchu #alphabet here:
matuww.github.io/script_info/...

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · Aug 27

Shared more by a friend -
Old #Arabic #carvings in the wild. (Not to be confused with Ancient North or South Arabian)

Also at #Hegra or #Madain #Saleh, #Saudi #Arabia.

Thanks again James!

#writingscripts
#epigraphy
#archaeology
#matuww

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · Aug 26

An example of #Komi #Molodtsov writing:

The #Internationale, Görd Pöljan. A collection of #communist #revolutionary works. 1921 CE.

Full page: tinyurl.com/57hp8kp5
#writingscripts
#language
#history
🏺
#matuww

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · Aug 26

The #Molodtsov #alphabet is derived from #Cyrillic to write #Komi and was used briefly in 1918-1931 CE.

It is eponymous of Molodtsov Sandrö Vas'ö, aka Vasily Aleksandrovich Molodtsov, a Komi linguist and teacher.

Full page: tinyurl.com/57hp8kp5
#writingscripts
#linguistics
#history
#map
#matuww

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · Aug 25

Artists in the order of appearance (and recurring!):
claudkamalie
Seven
Lemawo
Camiblux
pansxg
xeniok (Kelsi Appleby)
maramalov

You can find their work on Instagram, Bluesky and hire them on Fiverr!

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · Aug 25

If you like what we do here on #matuww,
please consider supporting us on #ko-fi!

It helps fund #art #commissions for #portraits to put #faces behind those behind the pen/stylus/brush/hammer and chisel/keyboard while supporting #independent #artists!

Link: ko-fi.com/matuww

Matuww Scripts @matuww.bsky.social · Aug 25

Shared by a friend -
Classical #Nabataean #carvings in the wild.

More specifically, #Hegra or #Madain #Saleh, #Saudi #Arabia.

Thanks James!

#writingscripts
#epigraphy
#archaeology
#matuww

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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · Aug 23

Likely #OnThisDay - 23 August - in 30 BC Octavian ordered the death of Caesarion, son of Cleopatra VII and Julius Caesar: "a Caesar too many was no good thing" (Plutarch, Ant. 81.2). #AncientHistory 🏺

Image: Caesarion Stela. British Museum (EA1325). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

Round-topped sandstone stela with Caesarion offering to deities.

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · Aug 24

#StandingStoneSunday
Memorial for Trenacatus

This grave marker from Llanwenog, west Wales, has inscriptions in Latin, translated as Trenacatus lies here, son of Maglagnus, and in Ogam, TRENACCATLO

475-525 CE. 📸 Own.
St. Fagans National Museum
#Archaeology #History #Wales

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · Aug 24

An exceptional Byzantine mosaic made of marble & glass tesserae showing Ktisis who personifies the act of generous donation, c. 500.

👁️ Read/watch Byzantium: Beyond The Cliché, here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/byzantium-...

#mosaicmonday 🗃️ #arthistory #medievalsky #skystorians 🏺 #archaeology

Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis
Byzantine, 500–550, with modern restoration.
The following text is from The Met where you can view this mosaic:
The bejeweled woman, holding the measuring tool for the Roman foot, is identified by the restored Greek inscription as Ktisis, a figure personifying the act of generous donation or foundation. The man with a cornucopia, originally one of a pair flanking her, has the Greek inscription “good” by his head, half of a text that probably said, “good wishes.” The fragment, made of marble and glass tesserae (small pieces of colored material), is typical of the exceptional mosaics created throughout the Byzantine world in the 500s. The Metropolitan Museum, after acquiring the two figures independently, has restored them in accordance with a dealer’s photograph showing their original arrangement while in storage before separation.