# No value is secure; shape similarity across scripts is not evidence of sound.

> Most likely: No value is secure; shape similarity across scripts is not evidence of sound.

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# No value is secure; shape similarity across scripts is not evidence of sound.

No value is secure; shape similarity across scripts is not evidence of sound.

**Most likely** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Most likely** Its tests partly supported it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Shape-based value sets disagree between researchers.

## What would rule it out

- A value set built from shapes alone predicts a reading confirmed by a bilingual.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Sign inventories range from 57 to 96 depending on the researcher, so even the units to which values attach…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/evidence/EVD0CWRBW286G11/sign-inventories-range-from-57-to-96-depending-on-the)

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## The questions it answers

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Most likelyA small set of values, inherited from Linear A and passed on to the Cypriot syllabary, is secure

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