What is this letter?
I came across this picture attached to a clickbaity article this morning:
A nice, normal-looking Greek alphabet…except for something that looks like S in between epsilon and zeta.
What is this letter? The only letter that I can think of for that position is digamma, but I've never seen a digamma in that shape, only like F.
greek alphabet inscription
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I came across this picture attached to a clickbaity article this morning:
A nice, normal-looking Greek alphabet…except for something that looks like S in between epsilon and zeta.
What is this letter? The only letter that I can think of for that position is digamma, but I've never seen a digamma in that shape, only like F.
greek alphabet inscription
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I came across this picture attached to a clickbaity article this morning:
A nice, normal-looking Greek alphabet…except for something that looks like S in between epsilon and zeta.
What is this letter? The only letter that I can think of for that position is digamma, but I've never seen a digamma in that shape, only like F.
greek alphabet inscription
asked 10 hours ago
DraconisDraconis
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I came across this picture attached to a clickbaity article this morning:
A nice, normal-looking Greek alphabet…except for something that looks like S in between epsilon and zeta.
What is this letter? The only letter that I can think of for that position is digamma, but I've never seen a digamma in that shape, only like F.
greek alphabet inscription
greek alphabet inscription
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I'd guess it's the symbol for 6, originally digamma, but later taking on an S-like shape. (It's a bit hard to make out, but I think the last two cells contain ΙΑ and ΙΒ, indicating a series of 1 to 12.)
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I'd guess it's the symbol for 6, originally digamma, but later taking on an S-like shape. (It's a bit hard to make out, but I think the last two cells contain ΙΑ and ΙΒ, indicating a series of 1 to 12.)
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I'd guess it's the symbol for 6, originally digamma, but later taking on an S-like shape. (It's a bit hard to make out, but I think the last two cells contain ΙΑ and ΙΒ, indicating a series of 1 to 12.)
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I'd guess it's the symbol for 6, originally digamma, but later taking on an S-like shape. (It's a bit hard to make out, but I think the last two cells contain ΙΑ and ΙΒ, indicating a series of 1 to 12.)
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I'd guess it's the symbol for 6, originally digamma, but later taking on an S-like shape. (It's a bit hard to make out, but I think the last two cells contain ΙΑ and ΙΒ, indicating a series of 1 to 12.)
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