Glyph scapula "original" -- no provenance availableTorn etch showing same object as document labeled "original"
The Scapula Glyph Inscription is the working name for a short, highly structured inscription incised on a scapula-shaped object (henceforth KS-01). The text consists of four brief lines of angular signs separated by consistent divider marks. This page documents the research team’s internal, conservative description of the script’s graphemes, layout, and observable structural properties. No decipherment or language attribution is proposed.
Summary
Four ruled lines; each line contains two groups of signs.
Signs are drawn from several visually coherent classes (A, B, C, H, L, M, S, T); a slash-like mark (P01) behaves as a divider.
Within any group, signs belong to a single class and appear in an ordered run (e.g., C01→C07).
All non-divider signs in this inscription occur once each (n = 31); the divider occurs eight times (once at the end of each group).
Cautionary notes
The physical object’s precise provenance, context, and ownership are intentionally withheld on this internal stub.
Observations are based on photographs and a cleaned tracing; further imaging (e.g., raking light, RTI) is desirable before firm conclusions are drawn.
Materials and method
The team worked from (i) an original photograph, (ii) a halftone print, and (iii) a cleaned reconstruction. From these, we produced:
a grapheme segmentation and preliminary signary (unique IDs per sign),
a line-by-line transliteration in sign IDs, and
a token count and basic frequency snapshot.
Dividers are encoded as P01 and treated as punctuation/word separators pending additional evidence.
Description
KS-01 presents four short lines read left-to-right in the supplied images. Each line comprises two groups of signs, each group ending in the divider P01. Signs are straight-lined and rectilinear; several include internal dots or bars. No ligatures are observed. Stroke repertoire appears limited to short straight segments at a small set of angles (orthogonal/oblique).
Transliteration (ID level)
Groups are shown left→right as seen in the photographs; P01 marks the divider.
Line 1
M01–M02–M03–P01 • C01–C02–C03–C04–C06–C05–C07–P01
Line 2
B01–B02–B03–B04–B05–P01 • A01–A02–A03–A04–A05–P01
Line 3
L01–L02–P01 • T01–T02–T03–P01
Line 4
S01–S02–S03–P01 • H01–H03–H02–P01
Token counts: 31 non-divider signs; 8 instances of P01.
Preliminary signary (snapshot)
The signary organizes graphemes into visually coherent classes. Labels are mnemonic only and do not imply phonetic values.
Class
IDs attested in KS-01
Visual cue (mnemonic)
A
A01–A05
triangular/chevron variants
B
B01–B05
square/box frames with internal dot/line variants
C
C01–C07
angular elbows/Γ-like turns
H
H01–H03
cross-barred staves (hash-like)
L
L01–L02
short staves/bars
M
M01–M03
comb/ladder-like
S
S01–S03
bent/low staves
T
T01–T03
T-shapes (variant bar geometry)
P
P01
oblique divider (punctuation)
Within-group order: where checkable, indices rise monotonically (e.g., B01→B05; T01→T03).
Group homogeneity: each group contains signs from one class only.
Structural observations
Bipartite line template. Every line is of the form Group 1 – P01 – Group 2 – P01. No class repeats across the same line-position in KS-01.
Internal ordering. Monotonic runs within a class suggest an inherent ordering principle (enumerative or feature-additive).
Function of P01. Its distribution (group-final, consistent) supports analysis as a divider (word/phrase/list), not a phonogram.
Open questions
Are class orders by position (first vs second group per line) stable across additional inscriptions?
Do within-class indices reflect additive graphic features (e.g., for B: outer box + {∅, dot, vertical, oblique})?
Is there evidence for numeral or calendric functions, or do groups encode catalog items/morphograms?
Figures
The following internal files may be added when available (filenames are placeholders):
