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Linear A

Type(s): Logosyllabary

Subject Identifiers (1)

Hierarchy (Derivation)

Internal Occurrences (3)

  • Description
    • Used by the Cretan civilization up to its conquest by mainland Greeks, Linear A is still undeciphered, and it is not known what language it was used to write. It is thought to be syllabic and ideographic
  • In use
    • 1800 B.C.E. - 1450 B.C.E.
  • Number of characters
    • 100-200

External Occurrences (3)

 
Object id: 3381
Item identifier(s):
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