T1 · Reed
◇ ⌁ │││ ⊙ • ●
Discovery / Manuscript decipherment
The two-scribe archive
Read six fictional records, discover two scribes’ conventions, and follow their corrections.
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Discovery / Manuscript decipherment
Read six fictional records, discover two scribes’ conventions, and follow their corrections.
Decode six records from an invented script. Reed and Ink use the same signs but arrange their fields differently. Each inscription has sender, recipient, good, quantity, day, and status. Spaces separate groups; │ marks a unit, • marks a day. Use the references to discover the other signs and both orders.
◇ ⌁ │ ⊙ • ●
Asha sent Beren 1 grain on day 1. It was delivered.
△ ✚ ││ ◇ •• ◐
Cala promised Asha 2 copper on day 2.
⊙ ⌁ │││ △ • ×
Beren → Cala. Grain. Quantity 3. Day 1. Cancelled.
⊙ │ ⌁ ◇ ● •
Parallel passage: the same event as reference 1, written by Ink.
◇ ││ ✚ △ ◐ ••
Parallel passage: the same event as reference 2, written by Ink.
△ ││││ ✚ ⊙ ● •••
A delivered copper record on day 3; the other facts are omitted.
◇ ⌁ │││ ⊙ • ●
◇ ││ ✚ △ ◐ ••
⊙ ⌁ ││││ △ ••• ●
△ ││ ✚ ◇ ● •
① ↔ ② Q := ││││
△ ✚ │ ⊙ •• ×
◇ │││││ ⌁ ⊙ ● •••