SCRIPTORIUM

                                            CYPRO-CRETAN SCRIPTS

The tables below show my suggested identifications for the signs of the syllabary used in inscriptions on the island of Cyprus in the Bronze age (roughly 1600-1200 BCE).

LA Linear A  (Cretan 'Minoan' Syllabary)

LB Linear B  (Mycenean Syllabary)

LC Linear C (Classical Cypriot Syllabary)

CC (Cypriot Cuneiform Syllabary, 'Cypro-Minoan' Script, usually said to be "undeciphered")

Numeral designations for the CC characters: Emilia Masson, Cyprominoica (Göteborg 1974) 12-15,  tables 1-4

A Ancient Enkomi Tablet, and a few other inscribed objects (Archaic, Masson Table 1)

B Balls/Boules (small clay spherical objects) (CM 1, Masson Tables 2-4)

C Enkomi Cylinder (CM 1, Masson Tables 2-4)

K Kalavassos Cylinders (CM 1, Masson Tables 2-4)

T Enkomi Tablets  (CM 2, Masson Tables 2-4)

U Ugarit Tablets (CM 3, Masson Tables 2-4)

Numeral designations for the characters:

LA/LB: I. Godart, J-P. Olivier, Recueil des inscriptions en Linéaire A, 5 (Paris 1985)

CC: Emilia Masson, Cyprominoica (Göteborg 1974) 12-15,  tables 1-4.

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