• The Balkan-Danube script was not developed for economic or administrative reasons but for religious rituals which gradually became increasingly complex.
• It combines written signs with sacred, geometric and abstract symbols.
• The core of the script consists of about thirty abstract root-signs expressing most of the fundamental geometrical forms.
• It multiplies the root-signs, arriving at over two hundred derivative signs on the basis of a sophisticated rule of multiple variations (simple or complex) and by duplicating or triplicating them.
• The script is made up of abstract and arbitrary signs rather than figurative or naturalistic motifs.
• Although the script tends to make the root-signs more complex and to show them in a multiple form, it does not enable the latter to be dismembered or simplified into their elementary components. The various root-signs in their complete versions (V, M, X…) have come straight down to us from Palaeolithic times.
• The script organizes the written signs in an orderly manner and in specific places within a logically coherent system, specially designed for readability. For some authors, this order has a linear character.
• It tends to construct an inscription by combining a root-sign with others with which it shares a metaphysical arrangement or by duplicating or multiplying it to expand its power.
• It is mainly made up of one and two-sign inscriptions.
• It is not alphabetical but consists of a mix of ideograms and syllabic elements, the former more numerous than the latter.
• Normally a sign stands for a single word, whereas the grammatical indications were omitted or were simply understood with the help of the surrounding context; it probably signified the stem of a word in writing, whilst omitting its inflexional elements.
• It communicated messages such as the names of a divinity or its epithets, magical or liturgical formulas, forms of divination, blessings and invocations; only in rare cases was it used to transmit narrative contents such as mythologies, tales or detailed descriptions.
• The geometrical patterns and basic designs are similar to the equally abstract decorations on vases, seals and figures.

In brief, the Balkan-Danube script shows a high degree of abstraction, rationality and logical thought. These characteristics correspond to a strong inclination towards a geometrical approach.

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