Cretan HieroglyphicEvidence
Evidence · Cretan Hieroglyphic
The 2023 INSCRIBE study found that some motifs CHIC excluded occupy the positions and combinations of recognised signs…
The 2023 INSCRIBE study found that some motifs CHIC excluded occupy the positions and combinations of recognised signs on seal faces.
What it means
Key questionWhich marks on the hieroglyphic seals are writing, and which are ornament?
3 answers, none ahead yet
Openunchanged
Answer this evidence bears onEvery graph on a hieroglyphic seal face belongs to the script's graphic system, including motifs CHIC set aside as…
Supports1 for, 1 against
Still possibleunchanged
Next steps 1
1
Using DBAS-CHS or CHIC drawings, tabulate every seal face with the position and neighbours of each graph, and test whether CHIC-excluded motifs fill sign slots more often than a shuffled null.
~30 h
—not judged
Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes
Sources 4
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The 2023 INSCRIBE study found that some motifs CHIC excluded occupy the positions and combinations of recognised signs… [Evidence EVD0DEEB69NE02A]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEB69NE02A
@misc{mysteriesdept_evd0deeb69ne02a,
title = {The 2023 INSCRIBE study found that some motifs CHIC excluded occupy the positions and combinations of recognised signs…},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEEB69NE02A},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEB69NE02A}
}