# A 2021 sign-by-sign review reduces CHIC's 144 signs to about 98 by merging allographs and reassigning a few signs to…

> A 2021 sign-by-sign review reduces CHIC's 144 signs to about 98 by merging allographs and reassigning a few signs to Linear A.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/evidence/EVD0DEEB9B3K7HS/a-2021-sign-by-sign-review-reduces-chics-144-signs-to-about  
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# A 2021 sign-by-sign review reduces CHIC's 144 signs to about 98 by merging allographs and reassigning a few signs to…

A 2021 sign-by-sign review reduces CHIC's 144 signs to about 98 by merging allographs and reassigning a few signs to Linear A.

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## What it means

Key question[How many distinct signs does the script have?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/questions/QST0DEDWVQEXEKE/how-many-distinct-signs-does-the-script-have)

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Answer this evidence bears on[The script has about 100 distinct signs once allographs are merged, close to the size of the Linear A and B syllabaries.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/answers/ANS0DEE9E4SK022/the-script-has-about-100-distinct-signs-once-allographs-are)

Supports1 for, none against

**Still possible** was No evidence yet

## Sources 2

[Corpus Hieroglyphicarum Inscriptionum Cretae (CHIC)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDGHHEQ8AC/corpus-hieroglyphicarum-inscriptionum-cretae-chic)

Olivier et al. 1996

SRC

[Rationalizing the Cretan Hieroglyphic sign-list](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDGSRMZC25/rationalizing-the-cretan-hieroglyphic-sign-list)

Montecchi et al. 2021

SRC

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A 2021 sign-by-sign review reduces CHIC's 144 signs to about 98 by merging allographs and reassigning a few signs to… [Evidence EVD0DEEB9B3K7HS]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEEB9B3K7HS
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