# The Archanes script is the first stage of Cretan Hieroglyphic.

> Still possible: The Archanes script is the first stage of Cretan Hieroglyphic.

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# The Archanes script is the first stage of Cretan Hieroglyphic.

The Archanes script is the first stage of Cretan Hieroglyphic.

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

## Where it stands

**Still possible** One piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Archanes sign forms grade into Middle Minoan IA to II hieroglyphic forms in dated contexts.

## What would rule it out

- The Archanes repertoire contains a set of signs with no hieroglyphic descendants and uses the shared ones differently.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[The Archanes formula recurs on the Neopalatial hieroglyphic seal KN S (4/4) 01 from the Knossos cult centre, linked…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/evidence/EVD0DEEBCQ1RERB/the-archanes-formula-recurs-on-the-neopalatial-hieroglyphic)

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## The questions it answers

[Is the Archanes script of the late Prepalatial seals the first stage of Cretan Hieroglyphic, or a separate script?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/questions/QST0DEDX0QKA1JC/is-the-archanes-script-of-the-late-prepalatial-seals-the)

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## Cite it

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