Do the Linear B sound values apply to the Linear A signs that share their shapes?
Most likely: the shared signs kept their values when Linear B was adapted from Linear A, so Linear A can be pronounced…Ahead on the evidence, not yet confirmed. It needs two reviews to be accepted.
Where it stands
Four answers have been proposed. The shared signs kept their values when Linear B was adapted from Linear A, so Linear A can be pronounced… leads, with evidence 2 for: supported by its tests. Three are still possible. Of the one narrower question under it, none is answered yet.
Why it matters
Every reading of Linear A starts by pronouncing it with Linear B values. If the values shifted when the script was adapted to Greek, the transliterations everyone works from are wrong and the dictionary searches are testing the wrong words[1].
Answers 4
History
- Revesz puts forward: the values were substantially reassigned, so the standard transliterations are mostly wrong.
- Davis: davis's method, built on homomorph behaviour, finds Linear A behaves like the Phaistos Disc and unlike Linear…For: Most values hold but some signs were reassigned or split when adapted to Greek, so part of every…
- Salgarella puts forward: the shared signs kept their values when Linear B was adapted from Linear A, so Linear A can be pronounced…
- Salgarella puts forward: most values hold but some signs were reassigned or split when adapted to Greek, so part of every…
- Salgarella: salgarella's sign-by-sign study finds close continuity of shape and use between the two scripts.For: The shared signs kept their values when Linear B was adapted from Linear A, so Linear A can be pronounced…
- Nepal & Perono Cacciafoco: alternative value sets have been proposed only in service of particular decipherments and have not been…Against: The values were substantially reassigned, so the standard transliterations are mostly wrong.
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