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Sigma with three bars is the standard variant in Raetic inscriptions. The four-bar variant occurs exclusively in a certain type of petrograph (see [[index::Raetic epigraphy]]) and the epigraphically deviant inscription [[index::PU-1]]. Like [[index::A|Alpha]], Sigma sometimes occurs both sinistroverse and dextroverse in the same inscription (e.g. [[index::WE-3]]). The prevalent orientation, however, is with the upper angle opening against writing direction – i.e., turned from the point of view of the related alphabet traditions of Northern Italy –, which also connects the letter with Alpha. | |||
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Revision as of 15:49, 4 April 2016
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Customary name: | sigma |
| Represents: | s |
Variants and attestation
| Transliteration | Sinistroverse | Dextroverse | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glyph | Number | Glyph | Number | |
| S | 
|
32 | 
|
72 |
| S2 | 
|
2 | 
|
9 |
Sigma with three bars is the standard variant in Raetic inscriptions. The four-bar variant occurs exclusively in a certain type of petrograph (see Raetic epigraphy) and the epigraphically deviant inscription PU-1. Like Alpha, Sigma sometimes occurs both sinistroverse and dextroverse in the same inscription (e.g. WE-3). The prevalent orientation, however, is with the upper angle opening against writing direction – i.e., turned from the point of view of the related alphabet traditions of Northern Italy –, which also connects the letter with Alpha.
