Cretan HieroglyphicEvidence
Evidence · Cretan Hieroglyphic
The coexistence of two scripts in one administration leaves room for more than one language on Protopalatial Crete.
The coexistence of two scripts in one administration leaves room for more than one language on Protopalatial Crete.
What it means
Openunchanged
Still possiblewas No evidence yet
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 1
Cretan Writing in the Second Millennium B.C.
SRCOlivier 1986
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The coexistence of two scripts in one administration leaves room for more than one language on Protopalatial Crete. [Evidence EVD0DEEAVYQ4RMW]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEAVYQ4RMW
@misc{mysteriesdept_evd0deeavyq4rmw,
title = {The coexistence of two scripts in one administration leaves room for more than one language on Protopalatial Crete.},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEEAVYQ4RMW},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEAVYQ4RMW}
}