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<p>[QUOTE="THCoins, post: 3737474, member: 57364"]I have some problems with your table. Not only does it imply that a "Ta" is sometimes written the same as a "Ra". But also the "Da" is sometimes written as a "Ra", and sometimes as a "Ta". This construction seems to become neccessary if you want the "Soteros" word to be transcribed as "TraDaTaSa".</p><p><br /></p><p>There are some counterarguments:</p><p>- On your "MaHaRaJaSa", the green dot with "Ra" is not part of "Ra", but of the preceeding "Ha". With this, the "Ra"symbol is identical to the third syllable in "TraDaXSa".</p><p>- The "Da" shape in TraDa(Ta/Ra)Sa on some Apollodotus coins is actually the exception to the rule. In general, also on other Apollodotus coins, this second character is usually written as a "Ta". Look for example at my coin above and this Menander specimen:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1002377[/ATTACH] </p><p>- The second and third character of the word are never the same.</p><p>- So, it it a much easier solution to assume that the general transcription should be "TraTaRaSa", where on some Apollodotus coins this may be "TraDaRaSa".</p><p>V. Smith (Catalog of the coins in the India museum) seems to follow a similar course of reasoning and dismisses a reading of "TraDaTaSa" as a "non-word".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="THCoins, post: 3737474, member: 57364"]I have some problems with your table. Not only does it imply that a "Ta" is sometimes written the same as a "Ra". But also the "Da" is sometimes written as a "Ra", and sometimes as a "Ta". This construction seems to become neccessary if you want the "Soteros" word to be transcribed as "TraDaTaSa". There are some counterarguments: - On your "MaHaRaJaSa", the green dot with "Ra" is not part of "Ra", but of the preceeding "Ha". With this, the "Ra"symbol is identical to the third syllable in "TraDaXSa". - The "Da" shape in TraDa(Ta/Ra)Sa on some Apollodotus coins is actually the exception to the rule. In general, also on other Apollodotus coins, this second character is usually written as a "Ta". Look for example at my coin above and this Menander specimen: [ATTACH=full]1002377[/ATTACH] - The second and third character of the word are never the same. - So, it it a much easier solution to assume that the general transcription should be "TraTaRaSa", where on some Apollodotus coins this may be "TraDaRaSa". V. Smith (Catalog of the coins in the India museum) seems to follow a similar course of reasoning and dismisses a reading of "TraDaTaSa" as a "non-word".[/QUOTE]
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