# Cretan Hieroglyphic is an ornamental form of a Cretan proto-syllabary whose sign names and values come from Sumerian.

> Still possible: Cretan Hieroglyphic is an ornamental form of a Cretan proto-syllabary whose sign names and values come from Sumerian.

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# Cretan Hieroglyphic is an ornamental form of a Cretan proto-syllabary whose sign names and values come from Sumerian.

Cretan Hieroglyphic is an ornamental form of a Cretan proto-syllabary whose sign names and values come from Sumerian.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Each hieroglyphic sign has a Linear A counterpart with the same Sumerian-derived value, and the derived values read the Linear A tablets as well as the hieroglyphic documents.
- Commodity logograms on the clay documents match Sumerian words for the same commodities under the proposed values.

## What would rule it out

- Signs the proposal pairs across scripts are shown by palaeography to have independent origins.
- The proposed values applied to Linear A fail the fraction and total checks already available for that script.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[The Sumerian-derived Protolinear reading rests on resemblance of sign shapes, was published outside the Aegean…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/evidence/EVD0DEEARGZ9ZDP/the-sumerian-derived-protolinear-reading-rests-on)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What language does Cretan Hieroglyphic record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/questions/QST0DEDWHYH7XCD/what-language-does-cretan-hieroglyphic-record)

Open6 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Cretan Hieroglyphic is an ornamental form of a Cretan proto-syllabary whose sign names and values come from Sumerian. [Answer ANS0DEDZ5QXZJKJ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DEDZ5QXZJKJ
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[Session 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/sessions/SES0DEECGMX10RS/session-1-cretan-hieroglyphic-seeded-corpus-readings-and) · 31 Oct 2026

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