# Salgarella 2020: Aegean Linear Script(s): Rethinking the Relationship between Linear A and Linear B

> Ester Salgarella, 2020. 11 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the script's structure, dating and the status of the Linear B values.

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# Aegean Linear Script(s): Rethinking the Relationship between Linear A and Linear B

Ester Salgarella, 2020. _Cambridge University Press_.

A sign-by-sign study of how Linear B was adapted from Linear A, arguing for close continuity in the shared signs and so for carrying Linear B values back to Linear A homomorphs with care.

**Linear A** Bookdoi: **[10.1017/9781108783477](https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108783477)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for the script's structure, dating and the status of the Linear B values.

## Cited by on this site 11 records

[Linear A records a language with no other written record (an isolate or a lost family), so no dictionary…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/answers/ANS0CQHK8JR2PCQ/linear-a-records-a-language-with-no-other-written-record-an)

Answer

ANS

[Most values hold but some signs were reassigned or split when adapted to Greek, so part of every…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/answers/ANS0CQHKA9E4R8T/most-values-hold-but-some-signs-were-reassigned-or-split)

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[The shared signs kept their values when Linear B was adapted from Linear A, so Linear A can be pronounced…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/answers/ANS0CQHK9J064Q1/the-shared-signs-kept-their-values-when-linear-b-was-adapted)

Answer

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[Salgarella's sign-by-sign study finds close continuity of shape and use between the two scripts.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHK9ST3P75/salgarellas-sign-by-sign-study-finds-close-continuity-of)

Evidence

EVD

[Six decades of comparison with Anatolian, Semitic, Greek and other languages have produced no reading…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/evidence/EVD0CQHK8TJ4TFD/six-decades-of-comparison-with-anatolian-semitic-greek-and)

Evidence

EVD

[Evans publishes Scripta Minoa I and distinguishes Linear A from Linear B](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/events/EVT0CQHK36W2VGN/evans-publishes-scripta-minoa-i-and-distinguishes-linear-a)

EVT

[The earliest Linear A inscriptions, in Middle Minoan IIA](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/events/EVT0CQHK3YA7DJS/the-earliest-linear-a-inscriptions-in-middle-minoan-iia)

EVT

[Arthur Evans](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/people/FIG0CQHK1G62MBP/arthur-evans)

FIG

[Linear A](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a)

The mystery article

MYS

[Do the Linear B sound values apply to the Linear A signs that share their shapes?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/questions/QST0CQHK4DY2VNT/do-the-linear-b-sound-values-apply-to-the-linear-a-signs)

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QST

[What language does Linear A record?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/linear-a/questions/QST0CQHK4644K2R/what-language-does-linear-a-record)

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QST

## Cite it

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Salgarella, E. (2020). Aegean Linear Script(s): Rethinking the Relationship between Linear A and Linear B. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108783477
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108783477)

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