# 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.

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# 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.

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## What it means

Key question[Which marks on the hieroglyphic seals are writing, and which are ornament?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/questions/QST0DEDWSVXAX3N/which-marks-on-the-hieroglyphic-seals-are-writing-and-which)

3 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Every graph on a hieroglyphic seal face belongs to the script's graphic system, including motifs CHIC set aside as…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/answers/ANS0DEE9BBE5B9Q/every-graph-on-a-hieroglyphic-seal-face-belongs-to-the)

Supports1 for, 1 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Next steps 1

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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

[On: Which marks on the hieroglyphic seals are writing, and which are ornament?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/questions/QST0DEDWSVXAX3N/which-marks-on-the-hieroglyphic-seals-are-writing-and-which)

**—** not judged

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

## Sources 4

[Cretan 'Hieroglyphic' and the nature of script](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDH31NWJSE/cretan-hieroglyphic-and-the-nature-of-script)

Decorte 2017

SRC

[Cretan Hieroglyphic Seals: A New Classification of Symbols and Ornamental/Filling Motifs](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJ3W6CMA4/cretan-hieroglyphic-seals-a-new-classification-of-symbols)

Jasink 2009

SRC

[In Search of Lost Signs: A New Approach to the Issue of Writing and Non-Writing on Cretan Hieroglyphic Seals](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDGYPFMCBS/in-search-of-lost-signs-a-new-approach-to-the-issue-of)

Ferrara et al. 2023

SRC

[Review of M. Civitillo, S. Ferrara, T. Meissner (eds), Cretan Hieroglyphic](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK45N1KZM/review-of-m-civitillo-s-ferrara-t-meissner-eds-cretan)

Donnelly 2026

SRC

## Cite it

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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
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