Evidence · Cretan Hieroglyphic

Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A were used at the same time in the same palaces, on the same kinds of administrative…

Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A were used at the same time in the same palaces, on the same kinds of administrative document, with many shared sign shapes.

Supported0

What it means

Key questionWhat language does Cretan Hieroglyphic record?

6 answers, none ahead yet

Openunchanged

Answer this evidence bears onCretan Hieroglyphic records the same Minoan language as Linear A.

Supports2 for, 1 against

Still possibleunchanged

Next steps 4

Build an open sign-level table of the CHIC clay documents (H 1 to 122): document id, site, object type, each sign group in CHIC sign numbers with position, logograms and numerals; licence the table separately from CHIC's images. This is the prerequisite for every test below.

~40 h

On: What language does Cretan Hieroglyphic record?

—not judged

Build an open sign-level table of the CHIC clay documents in CHIC sign numbers.

~40 h

On: What language does Cretan Hieroglyphic record?

—not judged

Compare word-initial and word-final frequencies of the signs shared with Linear A in that table against SigLA/GORILA Linear A and against Linear B Greek, with a shuffled-sign null model, to test whether Cretan Hieroglyphic patterns like Linear A (H-MINOAN).

~12 h

On: What language does Cretan Hieroglyphic record?

—not judged

Apply the Corazza et al. 2021 Linear A fraction values to the hieroglyphic fraction signs (CHIC 301 to 309) on every clay document with a total, and report how many totals add up versus random value assignments.

~8 h

On: What language does Cretan Hieroglyphic record?

—not judged

Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes

Sources 3

Cretan Writing in the Second Millennium B.C.

Olivier 1986

SRC

The Common Origin of Cretan Hieroglyphs and Linear A

Owens 1996

SRC

The Relationship between Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A: a palaeographic and structural approach

Ferrara et al. 2022

SRC

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A were used at the same time in the same palaces, on the same kinds of administrative… [Evidence EVD0DEEAA6BZ807]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEAA6BZ807

@misc{mysteriesdept_evd0deeaa6bz807,
  title     = {Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A were used at the same time in the same palaces, on the same kinds of administrative…},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEEAA6BZ807},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEAA6BZ807}
}