How wonderful! TY on the translation of Nahar.
I'll say one thing - that I cannot see that Tolkien in his creation of The Tenguar might have failed to study The Codecs(sic?) or ancient forms of writing such as sanscrit.
If one looks at the scrolls and at the Rosetta Stone, one will see the forms of writing that were being studied during WW2.
Add in a bit of Egyptian, a bit if The Ogham, and you've got it. I seriously direct you to look these up on the web. I shall include a good site in this thread as soon as I have found one. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Take a look at this, it's a simplified version of what was found on the rosetta stone. Top is English, middle, Egyptian, bottom, Greek.
little translator chart
Next I'll find a picture of the codex...
A chart of Uncial Codex
And here, a sample page of codex:
piece of ancient paper showing codex
now, I see that this does not go far enough back to prove Assyrian or Babalonian origins, but I can tell you that Tolkien did study Persian poetry, and I will find you a copy of Rustam and Sohrab, so that you can see it for yourself.
Rustam and Sohrab
That site is hard to read, I know there is another with just the text somewhere. If I find it again, I'll post it. Notice that there is a famous horse depicted in the story! (Sohrab also mean shining...strange parallel there.) Anyway, as soon as I've stumbled over proofs of Assyrian or Babalonian I will include them. For now, the above should keep you well occupied. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
[ September 16, 2002: Message edited by: Tirned Tinnu ]