The materiality of the Cretan Hieroglyphic script:

Nosch, Marie‐Louise; Ulanowska, Agata

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“…The Cretan hieroglyphic script, or Cretan hieroglyphs, dates back to the Middle Bronze Age in Crete (c. 2100/2050-1700/1675 BCE) (Nosch and Ulanowska 2021). Since this script does not appear to be connected to other writing systems that used hieroglyphs in their inscriptions (e.g.…”

Section: Cretan Hieroglyphic Scriptmentioning

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“…Cretan hieroglyphic script and Linear A co-existed for almost two centuries (Ferrara, Montecchi, and Valério 2022), even though Cretan hieroglyphic script predates Linear A, and Linear A is based on it (Davis 2010). Cretan hieroglyphic script consists of 96 syllabograms, ten of which also serve as logograms (Nosch and Ulanowska 2021). This would make the Cretan hieroglyphic script logo-syllabic.…”

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A Systematic Review of Computational Approaches to Deciphering Bronze Age Aegean and Cypriot Scripts

Braović,

Krstinić,

Štula

et al. 2024

Computational Linguistics

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This paper provides a detailed insight into computational approaches for deciphering Bronze Age Aegean and Cypriot scripts, namely the Archanes script and the Archanes formula, Phaistos Disk, Cretan hieroglyphic (including the Malia Altar Stone and Arkalochori Axe), Linear A, Linear B, Cypro-Minoan and Cypriot scripts. The unique contributions of this paper are threefold: 1) a thorough review of major Bronze Age Aegean and Cypriot scripts and inscriptions, digital data and corpora associated with them, existing computational decipherment methods developed in order to decipher them, and possible links to other scripts and languages; 2) the definition of 15 major challenges that can be encountered in computational decipherments of ancient scripts; and 3) an outline of a computational model that could possibly be used to simulate traditional decipherment processes of ancient scripts based on palaeography and epigraphy. In the context of this paper the term decipherment denotes the process of discovery of the language and/or the set of symbols behind an unknown script, and the meaning behind it.

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Section: Cretan Hieroglyphic Scriptmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Cretan Hieroglyphic Scriptmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Systematic Review of Computational Approaches to Deciphering Bronze Age Aegean and Cypriot Scripts

Braović,

Krstinić,

Štula

et al. 2024

Computational Linguistics

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Investigating Relations between Textile Production and Seals and Sealing Practices in Bronze Age Greece: A Presentation of the New “Textile and Seals” Project Database

Ulanowska

2022

Ancient Textile Production From an Interdisciplinary Perspective

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Imagining Cretan Scripts: The Influence of Visual Motifs on the Creation of Script-Signs in Bronze Age Crete

Salgarella

2021

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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What's in a sign? What is there to be ‘seen’ in a sign? This paper sets out to explore the sources and processes of sign creation in the scripts of the Bronze Age Aegean, namely Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A, in use on Crete from c. 1900–1600 bce (Middle Minoan IB/II–Middle Minoan III) and c. 1800–1450 bce (Middle Minoan IIA–Late Minoan IB) respectively. Linear B, developed out of Linear A to write Greek (c. 1450–1190 bce), will also be touched upon where relevant. By investigating contemporary iconographic production and putting forward a methodological framework for the analysis and interpretation of visual motifs, a theory will be tentatively proposed for understanding the process(es) of selection of sign shapes, their incorporation into a script as script-signs and their transmission from one script onto a graphically related one. The underlying research questions leading this enquiry are the following: how did ‘images’ find their way into script(s) to become ‘signs’ in the Aegean context? Are we able to reconstruct such a process to shed light on the origin of script-signs?

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The materiality of the Cretan Hieroglyphic script:

Cited by 3 publications

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A Systematic Review of Computational Approaches to Deciphering Bronze Age Aegean and Cypriot Scripts

A Systematic Review of Computational Approaches to Deciphering Bronze Age Aegean and Cypriot Scripts

Investigating Relations between Textile Production and Seals and Sealing Practices in Bronze Age Greece: A Presentation of the New “Textile and Seals” Project Database

Imagining Cretan Scripts: The Influence of Visual Motifs on the Creation of Script-Signs in Bronze Age Crete

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