on Thu, 2 May 2002 12:36:53 +0100 Michael Everson wrote: >At 11:24 +0100 2002-05-02, William Overington wrote: >>Well, what is meant by stroke order? > >The order in which strokes are written. Cuneiform wordlists are >organized on this principle. So all words beginning with a single >horizontal stroke come first, then all those beginning with a double >horizontal stroke, and so on.
MODERN cuneiform SIGN lists are typically organized on the basis of sign SHAPE, not stroke order; ancient cuneiform WORD lists are typically organized along semantic domains - wood products, vessels, etc. Respectfully, Dean A. Snyder Senior Information Technology Specialist, Humanities Krieger School of Arts & Sciences The Johns Hopkins University 426A Gilman Hall/3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland, USA 21218 410 516-6021 office 410 961-8943 portable
