Ar 18:08 +0000 1999-10-28, scr�obh Timothy Partridge:
>> >Ancient Egyptian poses several similar problems as I'm sure you're aware.
>>
>> I proposed beginning and ending cartouches like (parentheses), not a single
>> overlay like the keycap symbol.
>
>My comment was referring to the two Tibetian characters which are "used
>together forming a roof over one or more digits" (p 6-59). To my mind that
>is not very far from joining together above and below to form a cartouche.
Yes. In fact a whole chapter title can come between them.
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