Linear A

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Linear A is an undeciphered ancient script used by the Minoan civilization on Crete and nearby Aegean islands during the Bronze Age.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Linear A canonical 22
Linear A (in Minoan areas) 1
Linear A inscriptions 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient script ⓘ
undeciphered script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
addedToUnicodeVersion Unicode 7.0 ⓘ
archaeologicalContext palatial archives ⓘ
villa sites ⓘ
associatedCulture Minoan culture ⓘ
linked to: Minoan civilization
chronologicalPhase Neopalatial period ⓘ
Protopalatial period ⓘ
contains fraction signs ⓘ
ideograms ⓘ
logograms ⓘ
numerical signs ⓘ
deciphermentStatus undeciphered ⓘ
earliestUse circa 1800 BCE ⓘ
foundAt Akrotiri on Thera ⓘ
linked to: Akrotiri (Thera)

Hagia Triada ⓘ
Keos ⓘ
Knossos ⓘ
Malia ⓘ
Phaistos ⓘ
Zakros ⓘ
geographicContext eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock Linear A ⓘ
influenced Linear B ⓘ
ISO15924Code Lina ⓘ
languageWritten unknown Minoan language ⓘ
latestUse circa 1450 BCE ⓘ
medium clay tablets ⓘ
metal objects ⓘ
pottery inscriptions ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
numberOfSigns approximately 70–90 core signs ⓘ
primaryFunction administrative record-keeping ⓘ
economic accounting ⓘ
relatedTo Cretan hieroglyphs ⓘ
Cypro-Minoan script ⓘ
scriptFamily Aegean scripts ⓘ
Cretan scripts ⓘ
scriptType linear script ⓘ
successor Linear B ⓘ
timePeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
UnicodeRange U+10600–U+1077F ⓘ
usedBy Minoan civilization ⓘ
usedInRegion Aegean islands ⓘ
southern Aegean ⓘ
usedOn island of Crete ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystemType syllabary ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Knossos → associatedScript → Linear A ⓘ
Linear B → derivedFrom → Linear A ⓘ
Linear A → hasUnicodeBlock → Linear A ⓘ
Cretan hieroglyphs → relatedTo → Linear A ⓘ
Gournia → writingSystem → Linear A ⓘ
Unicode 7.0 → addsBlock → Linear A ⓘ
Minoan religion → scriptUsed → Linear A ⓘ
Aegean Numbers → script → Linear A ⓘ
subject linked to: Aegean Numbers block
Aegean Numbers → writingSystem → Linear A script ⓘ
subject linked to: Aegean Numbers block
linked to: Linear A
Aegean cultural sphere → hasWritingSystem → Linear A (in Minoan areas) ⓘ
linked to: Linear A
Cnossus → hasWritingSystem → Linear A ⓘ
Linb → relatedScript → Linear A ⓘ
Scripta Minoa → subject → Linear A ⓘ
Scripta Minoa, Volume II → subject → Linear A ⓘ
subject linked to: Scripta Minoa
Scripta Minoa → documents → Linear A inscriptions ⓘ
linked to: Linear A
Aegean scripts → includes → Linear A ⓘ
Hagia Triada → writingSystem → Linear A ⓘ
Cypro-Minoan script → influencedBy → Minoan Linear A ⓘ
linked to: Linear A
Cypro-Minoan script → influencedBy → Minoan Linear B ⓘ
linked to: Linear A