Cretan HieroglyphicEvidence
Evidence · Cretan Hieroglyphic
Davis's 2024 syllabotactic comparison finds that the shared signs combine within words in similar ways in both scripts.
Davis's 2024 syllabotactic comparison finds that the shared signs combine within words in similar ways in both scripts.
What it means
Openunchanged
Answer this evidence bears onCretan Hieroglyphic records the same Minoan language as Linear A.
Supports2 for, 1 against
Still possibleunchanged
Next steps 4
1
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
—not judged
2
Build an open sign-level table of the CHIC clay documents in CHIC sign numbers.
~40 h
—not judged
3
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
—not judged
4
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
—not judged
Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes
Sources 3
SRC
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Davis's 2024 syllabotactic comparison finds that the shared signs combine within words in similar ways in both scripts. [Evidence EVD0DEEAJ9XQ0KA]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEAJ9XQ0KA
@misc{mysteriesdept_evd0deeaj9xq0ka,
title = {Davis's 2024 syllabotactic comparison finds that the shared signs combine within words in similar ways in both scripts.},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEEAJ9XQ0KA},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEAJ9XQ0KA}
}