Cretan HieroglyphicEvidence
Evidence · Cretan Hieroglyphic
Seal sequences appear to name owners or offices, and seal shape, stone and sequence correlate with the holder's status.
Seal sequences appear to name owners or offices, and seal shape, stone and sequence correlate with the holder's status.
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 onThe seals were luxury ornaments carrying owners' names in a script meant to be seen more than read.
Supports1 for, none against
Still possiblewas No evidence yet
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 2
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Seal sequences appear to name owners or offices, and seal shape, stone and sequence correlate with the holder's status. [Evidence EVD0DEEB8S2KTQS]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEB8S2KTQS
@misc{mysteriesdept_evd0deeb8s2ktqs,
title = {Seal sequences appear to name owners or offices, and seal shape, stone and sequence correlate with the holder's status.},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEEB8S2KTQS},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEB8S2KTQS}
}