Trojan script
Trojan script is a series of signs of unknown origin found on vessels from Troy excavated by Heinrich Schliemann's expedition.[1] Their status is disputed.
| Trojan script | |
|---|---|
| Script type | Undeciphered
|
| Status | Extinct |
| Languages | Unknown |
Analysis
A Soviet historian of antiquity Nikolay Kazansky found them much similar to Linear B signs,[1] while another Soviet historian, Arkady Molchanov, regarded them as "imitation of writing".
Inscriptions
Inscription № 2444, if compared with Linear B (or Linear A) signs, may be read:
ku?-to-a-ro-ka-ro-ju??-?-ro-tu
Inscription № 2445 is illegible and seems to have partly deteriorated; several signs may be identified as fragments of Linear A or Linear B signs but not as whole signs.
References
Sources
- Kazansky, NN. (1984). Троянское письмо: к постановке вопроса. In Bernstein, S.B.; Gindin, L.A.; Golubtsova, E.S.; I.A.; Orel, V.E. (eds.). Античная балканистика: Карпато-балканский регион в диахронии (Предварительные материалы к международному симпозиуму) (in Russian). (Includes images of inscriptions 2444 and 2445.)
- Zurbach, Julien (2003). "Schriftähnlihe Zeichen und Töpferzeichen in Troia". Studia Troica (in German). 13: 113–130.
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