QuestionsCretan HieroglyphicWhich marks on the hieroglyphic seals are writing, and which are ornament?Answer
Answer · Cretan Hieroglyphic
Every graph on a hieroglyphic seal face belongs to the script's graphic system, including motifs CHIC set aside as…
Every graph on a hieroglyphic seal face belongs to the script's graphic system, including motifs CHIC set aside as ornament.
Where it stands
Still possibleOne piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
What it predicts
- Excluded seal motifs fill the slots of recognised signs within sign groups more often than a shuffled null predicts.
- Some excluded motifs turn up on newly excavated clay documents alongside signs.
What would rule it out
- Excluded motifs are distributed on seal faces independently of the signs, as decoration would be.
- Excluded motifs never appear on administrative clay even as the clay corpus grows.
Evidence 1 for · 1 against
The questions it answers
Open3 answers, none ahead
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Every graph on a hieroglyphic seal face belongs to the script's graphic system, including motifs CHIC set aside as… [Answer ANS0DEE9BBE5B9Q]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DEE9BBE5B9Q
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