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Classification of Tablets.
A third tablet HT probably belongs with these since it contains multiple ideograms in the list and shares sign-groups with HT Estimated rates are calculated for missing signs. Additional sign-groups which appear twice are: PU. Three additional scribes wrote two each v, viii, and xiv. One tablet HT 9 shares five sign-groups with the A lists, and six others share at least two each. The nature of the inflection is also important.
SignGroups in A Series Lists p. Items in B Series lists p. Items in E Series Lists p.
Evidence for Phonetic Values p. Morphological Evidence by Decipherment p.
Parallels between Linear A and B p. Confirmation by Phonetic Value p. Confirmation by Sign p Hints About the Phonology of the Minoan Langauge.
NonFinal Vowels in Linear B p Consonants in Linear B p Tablets Listed by Class and Scribe p. The Phonetic Values.
Linear B Total Frequency p. Linear B Initial Percentage p. Linear A Complete Frequency p.
Linear A Frequency 4 x 10 p. Linear A Initial Percentage p. Linear B Words in Linear A p. Individual Signs. The hieroglphic script appears only on seal stones and has yet to be deciphered. Linear A, also undeciphered, is thought to have evolved from the hieroglyphic script, and Linear B probably evolved from Linear A, though the relationship between the two scripts is unclear.
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Which language? Linear A In the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans discovered a large number of clay tablets inscribed with mysterious symbols at Knossos on Crete.