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线形文字A

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线形文字A

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Also known as Linear A Script, Lina

undeciphered writing system from Crete

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Vinony's link graph records 698 inbound references to 线形文字A, and connects out to Minoan civilization, Mycenaean Greece and Thebes.

It is catalogued under topics including 15th-century BC disestablishments, 18th-century BC establishments and 2nd-millennium BC introductions.

Vinony links it to 51 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Script type
Undeciphered presumed logosyllabic ( syllabic and ideographic )
Period
MM IB to LM IIIA 1800–1450 BC
Status
Extinct
Direction
Left-to-right
Languages
' Minoan ' (unknown)
Child systems
Linear B , Cypro-Minoan syllabary
Sister systems
Cretan hieroglyphs
Iso 15924
Lina (400) , ​ Linear A
Unicode alias
Linear A
Unicode range
"U+10600–U+1077F" (PDF) . , "Final Accepted Script Proposal" (PDF) .

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
syllabary
Followed by
Linear B
Image
Sitia Museum Linear A 02.jpg
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derivative work
Linear B
Commons category
Linear A
discoverer or inventor
Arthur Evans
start time
1600-00-00
end time
1450-00-00
facet of
Eteocretan
Unicode range
U+10600-1077F
name
linéaire A
language of work or name
Eteocretan
inception
1800-00-00
topic's main category
Category:Linear A
indigenous to
Ancient Greece
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Article · 中文

线形文字A是一种古代克里特岛上使用的未解讀文字。它的破解是考古学上的“圣杯”。它的一种关联文字,线形文字B于1950年被英國語言學家迈克尔·文特里斯破译,证明其为希腊语的一种古代书写形式。

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