# Barbara Montecchi 2021: Rationalizing the Cretan Hieroglyphic sign-list

> Barbara Montecchi, Silvia Ferrara, Miguel Valério, 2021. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Kadmos 60(1-2), pp. 5 to 32, open access CC BY 4.0.…

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# Rationalizing the Cretan Hieroglyphic sign-list

Barbara Montecchi, Silvia Ferrara, Miguel Valério, 2021.

**Cretan Hieroglyphic** Articledoi: **[10.1515/kadmos-2021-0003](https://doi.org/10.1515/kadmos-2021-0003)** 0

## What it's used for here

Kadmos 60(1-2), pp. 5 to 32, open access CC BY 4.0. The first systematic reassessment of the CHIC sign list: reviews the 144 signs by diagnostic traits, complementary distribution and contextual alternation, proposes eleven groups of mergers, removes or reassigns a few signs to Linear A, drops the assumed syllabogram/logogram split, and arrives at about 98 signs if all proposals hold, with hapax signs reduced from 33 to about 18. Source for the sign inventory and its uncertainty.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[A 2021 sign-by-sign review reduces CHIC's 144 signs to about 98 by merging allographs and reassigning a few signs to…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/evidence/EVD0DEEB9B3K7HS/a-2021-sign-by-sign-review-reduces-chics-144-signs-to-about)

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[Low frequencies make it impossible to chart the distribution of many seal graphs, so whether each is decorative…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/evidence/EVD0DEEB6VYMPP3/low-frequencies-make-it-impossible-to-chart-the-distribution)

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[Montecchi, Ferrara and Valério reduce the sign list from 144 to about 98](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/events/EVT0DEDSMNYN27A/montecchi-ferrara-and-valerio-reduce-the-sign-list-from-144)

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[Silvia Ferrara](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/people/FIG0DEDR9NY4C18/silvia-ferrara)

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[Cretan Hieroglyphic](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic)

The mystery article

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[How many distinct signs does the script have?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/cretan-hieroglyphic/questions/QST0DEDWVQEXEKE/how-many-distinct-signs-does-the-script-have)

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## Cite it

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Barbara Montecchi, Silvia Ferrara, & Miguel Valério (2021). Rationalizing the Cretan Hieroglyphic sign-list. https://doi.org/10.1515/kadmos-2021-0003
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