THE A B C OP A 15 C
Dr. George T.amsa, tin? Ethnologist, who has been searching for tlio source ol the alphabet, says that almost every letter of the modern alphabet, was once a "picture” with definite moaning of Us own. Thus : A. Alep or Alpo, meant the ox, the most powerful animal in Assyria, worshipped as a god. Tj Bet. House. —The shape of the letter still resembles the shape of the ground plan of an ancient Semitic house. Canila, Camel.—The camel s hump still remains as liin top of the letter. D. Dale!.. Delta.—The triangularshaped piece of land in the month of a river. If. Hawta. —A trap used by the ancients to catch foxes. The trap was shaped almost exactly like the modern letter. Y.—The human hand held upwards with fingers apart.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIX, 29 January 1936, Page 3
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