Cretan HieroglyphicEvidence
Evidence · Cretan Hieroglyphic
The same administrations kept the two scripts apart for two centuries, which some read as a sign of two languages or…
The same administrations kept the two scripts apart for two centuries, which some read as a sign of two languages or two scribal communities.
What it means
Openunchanged
Answer this evidence bears onCretan Hieroglyphic records the same Minoan language as Linear A.
Counts against2 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 2
Cretan Writing in the Second Millennium B.C.
SRCOlivier 1986
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The same administrations kept the two scripts apart for two centuries, which some read as a sign of two languages or… [Evidence EVD0DEEAMGFAYWN]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEAMGFAYWN
@misc{mysteriesdept_evd0deeamgfaywn,
title = {The same administrations kept the two scripts apart for two centuries, which some read as a sign of two languages or…},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEEAMGFAYWN},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEAMGFAYWN}
}