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Linear A is a writing system that was used by the Minoans of Crete from 1800 BC to 1450 BC. Linear A was the primary script used in palace and religious writings of the Minoan civilization. It evolved into Linear B, which was used by the Mycenaeans to write an early form of Greek. It was discovered by the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans in 1900.
The Minoan language is the language (or languages) of the ancient Minoan civilization of Crete written in the Cretan hieroglyphs and later in the Linear A syllabary. As the Cretan hieroglyphs are undeciphered and Linear A only partly deciphered, the Minoan language is unknown and unclassified.
Cretan hieroglyphs are a hieroglyphic writing system used in early Bronze Age Crete, during the Minoan era. They predate Linear A by about a century, but the two writing systems continued to be used in parallel for most of their history. [1] As of 2024, they are undeciphered. [2]
There are doubts that the Indus script is writing, and the Phaistos Disc has so little content or context that its nature is undetermined. Byblos syllabary – the city of Byblos; Cretan hieroglyphs; Indus – Indus Valley civilization; Isthmian (apparently logosyllabic) Linear A (a syllabary) – Minoan; Lukasa – Kingdom of Luba (a memory ...
English: Minoan inscriptions in Linear A script. Phaistos, 1850-1450 BC. ... chunky format: Software used: Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 9.1.1 (Windows) File change date ...
Aegean script or Cretan script refers to a group of scripts that originate from the island of Crete. It may also refer to: Cretan hieroglyphs, found on artifacts of early Bronze Age Crete, during the Minoan era, before Linear A; Linear A, one of two currently undeciphered writing systems used in ancient Greece
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English: Minoan inscriptions in Linear A script. Phaistos, 1850-1450 BC. ... chunky format: Software used: Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 9.1.1 (Windows) File change date ...