# The balls were administrative tokens or lots naming people or units, used in allocation or sortition.

> Most likely: The balls were administrative tokens or lots naming people or units, used in allocation or sortition.

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# The balls were administrative tokens or lots naming people or units, used in allocation or sortition.

The balls were administrative tokens or lots naming people or units, used in allocation or sortition.

**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

- Sequences repeat across balls from the same context more than across contexts.
- The sequences behave like personal names (variable, few repeats beyond a context).

## What would rule it out

- The ball sequences show no context-dependent repetition.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Sign sequences repeat across balls found together.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cypro-minoan/evidence/EVD0CWRBY0R2AVH/sign-sequences-repeat-across-balls-found-together)

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## The questions it answers

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Most likelyThe balls were administrative tokens or lots naming people or units, used in allocation or sortition

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