Engineer Writing Update

Hello again Engineer orthography aficionados. If you are new to the forum or just new to paying attention to the fact that there is alien writing in Prometheus, I suggest that you go read [url=http://www.prometheus-movie.com/community/forums/topic/2616]this[/url], and [url=http://www.prometheus-movie.com/community/forums/topic/3683]this[/url], and [url=http://www.prometheus-movie.com/community/forums/topic/3905#44570]this[/url], before reading and engaging below. At those links you will find nifty pictures and analysis and commentary that is the backdrop for my findings below. There are no spoilers in this topic of which I am aware if you have seen an paid attention to the main trailer. This discussion is ultimately about the design and production process for the film. Two nights ago reading this book while falling asleep: [img]http://masempul.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/R-T-P.jpg[/img] I stumbled across "the missing link" for the human history source material that seems to have most heavily influenced/inspired the Prometheus art department [i]et al[/i] in coming up with the Engineers’ standard writing. (If you'll read the links above first you'll understand what I mean by "standard writing.") I am now 98% confident that whomever was tasked with coming up with the writing for the film's production based it on a hybrid of the as-yet-undecyphered [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypro-Minoan_syllabary]Cypro-Minoan Syllabary[/url] and the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugaritic_alphabet]Ugaritic Alphabet[/url] (or more technically perhaps "abjad"). The Cypro-Minoan script is likely a variant of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_A]Linear A[/url], but it is more obscure and quite distinctive. This is the "base" that gives the Engineers' writing its distinctive flavor. When I saw the black and white illustration below, I had a "Eureka" moment. The main glyph that gives it way is the "football goal". I have never seen this particular configuration elsewhere. As you will see if you read the articles provided via the links above, a few examples of Cypro-Minoan glyphs have even been found in Ugarit. Ugaritic is a alphabet/abjad that evolved out of Sumerian cuneiform via Akkadian. It makes perfect sense to me that whoever the researcher/designer was who stumbled across Cypro-Minoan added in and intermittently emphasized the distinctive wedges that are native to Sumer. I still believe that the glyph pallet as used in the film is done so only for "effect." I will be very surprised (though delighted) if it actually maps to a spoken Engineer language in the film. We shall see. I just wanted to share this "find" and my opinion with the rest of the community. [url=http://masempul.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Cypro-Minoan-Ugaritic.jpg][img]http://masempul.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Cypro-Minoan-Ugaritic.jpg[/img][/url]