# The signs are a writing system (the Danube script)

> Still possible: The Vinča signs are a writing system, the Old European or Danube script, able to record language or fixed meanings, developed…

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# The signs are a writing system (the Danube script)

The Vinča signs are a writing system, the Old European or Danube script, able to record language or fixed meanings, developed independently before Mesopotamian writing.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** One piece of evidence for, two against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Multi-sign sequences repeat across sites far more often than a potters'-mark null model predicts.
- Sign order within a sequence carries information: some signs are confined to initial or final position, as in every known script.
- Longer texts (tens of signs) exist and will turn up in excavated contexts.
- A numeral system with bundling, not just strokes, is present.

## What would rule it out

- An open corpus shows that sequence repetition and positional structure are no stronger than in heraldry, kudurru emblems or barn-star corpora of the same size.
- The longer objects (Tărtăria, Gradešnica) prove to be intrusive, modern or unrelated to the Vinča pottery marks.

## Evidence 1 for · 2 against

[Starović's survey found inscribed objects in all 79 houses examined at 38 sites, with standardised recurring shapes…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/evidence/EVD0DEE9ADM7YX2/starovics-survey-found-inscribed-objects-in-all-79-houses)

Supported

FOR

[In the open Winn-based corpus 495 of 591 inscriptions are a single sign and the mean length is 1.4, leaving almost no…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/evidence/EVD0DEE9APGJGWX/in-the-open-winn-based-corpus-495-of-591-inscriptions-are-a)

Supported

AGAINST

[Mäder's 2019 analysis of the sign sequences classed 59 per cent as pottery marks and 11.5 per cent as whorl ornament…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/evidence/EVD0DEE9AY8JDBR/maders-2019-analysis-of-the-sign-sequences-classed-59-per)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[Do the Vinča signs record language, a conventional notation, or neither?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/vinca-signs/questions/QST0DEDW2Y5RPT1/do-the-vinca-signs-record-language-a-conventional-notation)

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