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The most prevalent form of Kappa is one with full-length bars meeting in the middle. Forms with shortened bars occur sporadically all over the Raetic area; sometimes consistently in one inscription, but also mixed (e.g. [[index::IT-5]]). The very similar variants {{c||K3}} and {{c||K4}} are distinguished on account of the fact that the former occurs exclusively in a certain type of petrograph (see [[index::Raetic epigraphy]]). This is also the case for rounded {{c||K5}} (cp. the frequency of rounded forms of [[index::A|Alpha]] and [[index::U|Upsilon]] in rock inscriptions). | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:56, 4 April 2016
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Customary name: | kappa |
Variants and attestation
| Transliteration | Sinistroverse | Dextroverse | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glyph | Number | Glyph | Number | |
| K | 
|
39 | 
|
15 |
| K2 | 
|
7 | 
|
3 |
| K3 | 
|
7 | 
|
4 |
| K4 | 
|
2 | 
|
3 |
The most prevalent form of Kappa is one with full-length bars meeting in the middle. Forms with shortened bars occur sporadically all over the Raetic area; sometimes consistently in one inscription, but also mixed (e.g. IT-5). The very similar variants 
and 
are distinguished on account of the fact that the former occurs exclusively in a certain type of petrograph (see Raetic epigraphy). This is also the case for rounded K5 s (cp. the frequency of rounded forms of Alpha and Upsilon in rock inscriptions).
