# Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A are sister scripts descended from one Prepalatial Cretan source.

> Still possible: Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A are sister scripts descended from one Prepalatial Cretan source.

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# Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A are sister scripts descended from one Prepalatial Cretan source.

Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A are sister scripts descended from one Prepalatial Cretan source.

**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

- The earliest dated forms of shared signs in each script are equally distant from a reconstructable common form.
- Each script has early signs the other lacks.

## What would rule it out

- Stratified finds show Linear A sign forms developing out of dated hieroglyphic forms one by one.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[The two scripts coexist from about 1800 BC in the same palaces and share sign shapes and some sign groups, which fits…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/evidence/EVD0DEEBDYYJE2R/the-two-scripts-coexist-from-about-1800-bc-in-the-same)

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## The questions it answers

[How is Cretan Hieroglyphic related to Linear A: parent, sister, or neither?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/questions/QST0DEDWYGYVMBZ/how-is-cretan-hieroglyphic-related-to-linear-a-parent-sister)

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