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Minoan

A project about two Bronze Age Cretan writing systems whose underlying languages remain undeciphered.

The dedicated study site is coming soon. This overview records the planned scope and evidence.

Linear A tablet from Hagia Triada

At a glance

Evidence and writing

Evidence / period
Second millennium BCE
Region
Crete
Writing system
Linear A and Cretan Hieroglyphic
Site status
Coming soon

Dates describe surviving written evidence or textual traditions, not necessarily when a spoken language began or ended. Map points indicate a representative centre of evidence, not a language boundary.