Sethun in use

The Written Record

Conventions for using Sethun in records: numbers, currency, dates, titles, legal text, maps and seals. Each is fixed so that a document stays unambiguous over long periods.

Numbers

Base ten, written left to right with a vertical rule between orders of magnitude. Tallies one to four are strokes; five closes into a box; ten is a boxed cross. Fractions are written as a lower figure beneath a horizontal line.

Currency

The unit is the montel (₥). Values are written with the glyph leading and the hundredths raised: ₥ 12ᐟ40. Sums above one thousand montel are written in words as well as figures on any binding document.

Dates

Format is year · season-glyph · day: 412 ᛭vorun 11. The week has eight days, each with a fixed name; years are numbered continuously from the founding record.

Titles & signatures

A title is written as office + hyphen + name, never name first. A personal signature is a single unbroken stroke containing the initial letters of the given name, the House and the craft.

Legal writing

Legal text uses only the recorded evidence particle (hor), full case marking, and no compounds above two roots. Each clause is numbered and closed by the double rule ‖. An unnumbered clause has no legal force.

Maps & seals

Maps are oriented to the pass rather than to north, with elevation shown by hatch depth. The House seal is a ring of the nine principle-glyphs around the mont roof; a document lacking the ninth glyph is treated as a draft.

Specimen: a clause of law

‖ 14 ‖  kalmvar-as mark  brygg-e  skrift-a-ha  hor ‖
        maker-POSS mark  bridge-OBJ  write-PRES-BINDING  recorded

        "The maker's mark shall be written upon the bridge."

        Cut: 412 ᛭vorun 11 A.K.   Seal: nine principles, ring complete
        Signature: one unbroken line — K · M · V