Minoan Linear A

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Imagine my utter astonishment when I just now revisited a rare Minoan Linear A tablet from Malia, and deduced that it may be written in proto-Greek!
Filed under: Ancient Greek, Decipherment, Knossos, LEXICONS & GLOSSARIES, Linear A, LINEAR B, SUPERSYLLABOGRAMS by vallance22 — 6 Comments January 27, 2017
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Imagine my utter astonishment when I just now revisited a rare Minoan Linear A tablet from Malia, and deduced that it may be written in proto-Greek!

And here it is, complete with a fairly complete decipherment, except for the word puwi, which utterly escapes me:



As I have just pointed out in the illustration of this tablet above, the implication for the eventual (all but complete?) decipherment of Minoan Linear A are nothing short of staggering ! The first time I attempted to decipher this tablet, I got absolutely nowhere, but this time round the story is quite different.

Compare the decipherment of this rare Minoan Linear A tablet with my decipherment of a Minoan Linear A medallion, on which is inscribed what appears to be the Linear A ideogram for “man”, but in fact is not.



I have explained this in some detail in the preview of my article, “The Mycenaean Linear B “Rosetta Stone” to Minoan Linear A Tablet HT 31 (Haghia Triada) Vessels and Pottery”, to be published in Vol. 12 (2016) of the prestigious international journal, Archaeology and Science (Belgrade) ISSN 1452-7448 (the article being currently under wraps until it is eventually published, probably early in 2018), and which will run to at least 50 pages.

https://linearbknossosmycenae.com/category/knossos/

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2 more beautiful photos I took of famous frescoes at Knossos in May 2012!


The simply stunning Griffin Fresco in the Throne Room of the Queen's Megaron. To my mind, this is one of the loveliest of all Minoan frescoes, if not one of the loveliest frescos in the entire history of art. I think it is.


The Octopus Fresco, another amazing work of art. There is humour in this one, a trait found in more than just a few works of Minoan art and craftsmanship, as in pottery as well.

Richard
https://linearbknossosmycenae.com/20...-2012/?wref=tp

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More Minoan frescoes

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The "Saffron Gatherer" or the "Blue Boy" is considered one of the earliest surviving wall paintings from Knossos.