2023
DOI: 10.1111/ojoa.12265
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In Search of Lost Signs: A New Approach to the Issue of Writing and Non‐writing on Cretan Hieroglyphic Seals

Abstract: This article addresses a long-debated topic related to the hieroglyphic script from the island of Crete, namely the status of its sign-list. The signs of this script are predominantly image-based and as such their inherent position as bona fide signs of writing or, alternatively, decorative symbols with no specific relation to language has raised issues of inclusion or exclusion from the sign-list as presented in the standard corpus of inscriptions. This article aims to propose a new approach based on a contex… Show more

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“…This would make the Cretan hieroglyphic script logo-syllabic. A list of Cretan hieroglyphic signs can be found in (Ferrara, Montecchi, and Valério 2023).…”
Section: Cretan Hieroglyphic Scriptmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This would make the Cretan hieroglyphic script logo-syllabic. A list of Cretan hieroglyphic signs can be found in (Ferrara, Montecchi, and Valério 2023).…”
Section: Cretan Hieroglyphic Scriptmentioning
confidence: 99%