I know that all this is very OT, but I guess that the kind of people on
Unicode List is very interested, so this is what a well-known expert said on
another mailing list.
Peter T. Daniels wrote (at qalam@yahoogroups.com on 17 May 17 2001 14:34):
> [...]
> There is *absolutely no* warrant for thinking this is "writing," any
> more than the Vinc^a signs are "writing." Only if more
> examples turn up,
> so that any analysis at all is possible, could that even be
> considered.
> [...]
Peter T. Daniels wrote (at qalam@yahoogroups.com on 17 May 17 2001 19:17):
> [... it = the article on the New York Times]
> It turned out to be less informative than some postings over the last
> few days to Ancient Near East List, which made it clear that
> there is no
> comparable material so that no conclusions can be drawn at all.
>
> The BMAC (Bactria-Margiana Archeological Complex) is also not a new
> discovery/interpretation; it features heavily in the "Mummies"
> conference volumes edited by Victor Mair, pub. 98 of a 1996
> Philadelphia
> conference.
> [...]
_ Marco
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