# The Knossos Hieroglyphic Deposit

> Clay bars, medallions, nodules and sealings found by Evans in 1900 in the palace at Knossos, the first hieroglyphic archive known and the basis of his…

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**ART** 0DEDTJNR8TA3·Artifact · document

# The Knossos Hieroglyphic Deposit

PhotographCC BY-SA 4.0Middle Minoan II to III, c. 1800 to 1650 BC

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[![Hieroglyphic clay documents from Knossos as displayed in the Heraklion museum; the museum label dates them 2100 to 1700 BC.](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/cretan-hieroglyphic-a-knossos-deposit-m1)](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/cretan-hieroglyphic-a-knossos-deposit-m1?w=2000)

Hieroglyphic clay documents from Knossos as displayed in the Heraklion museum; the museum label dates them 2100 to 1700 BC.

Clay bars, medallions, nodules and sealings found by Evans in 1900 in the palace at Knossos, the first hieroglyphic archive known and the basis of his sign list in Scripta Minoa I. Dated by context to Middle Minoan II or III; most pieces are CHIC H documents in the Heraklion museum.

Zde, 1800. CC BY-SA 4.0

## Copies 1

**Photo** Zde · commons.wikimedia.org · 2014-09-03 · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cretan_hieroglyphs,_Knossos_2100-1700_BC,_AMH,_144883.jpg)

## Where it is kept

[Heraklion Archaeological Museum](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/places/PLC0DEDQF47G831/heraklion-archaeological-museum) · Museum

## Sources 2

- [Corpus Hieroglyphicarum Inscriptionum Cretae (CHIC)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDGHHEQ8AC/corpus-hieroglyphicarum-inscriptionum-cretae-chic)_SRC_
- [Scripta Minoa: The Written Documents of Minoan Crete, Volume I](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D1GFYW45VW4/scripta-minoa-the-written-documents-of-minoan-crete-volume-i)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Knossos Hieroglyphic Deposit [Artifact ART0DEDTJNR8TA3]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDTJNR8TA3
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Document

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Heraklion Archaeological Museum

Dated

Middle Minoan II to III, c. 1800 to 1650 BC

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CC BY-SA 4.0

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[Heraklion Archaeological Museum](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/places/PLC0DEDQF47G831/heraklion-archaeological-museum)

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[Cretan Hieroglyphic](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic)

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