Trojan script is a series of signs of unknown origin found on vessels from
Troy excavated by
Heinrich Schliemann
Johann Ludwig Heinrich Julius Schliemann (; 6 January 1822 – 26 December 1890) was a German businessman and pioneer in the field of archaeology. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeologi ...
's expedition. Their status is disputed.
Analysis
A Soviet historian of antiquity found them much similar to
Linear B
Linear B was a syllabic script used for writing in Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of Greek. The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries. The oldest Mycenaean writing dates to about 1400 BC. It is descended from ...
signs, while another Soviet historian, , regarded them as "imitation of writing".
Inscriptions
Inscription № 2444, if compared with
Linear B
Linear B was a syllabic script used for writing in Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of Greek. The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries. The oldest Mycenaean writing dates to about 1400 BC. It is descended from ...
(or
Linear A) signs, may be read:
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.
See also
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Cypro-Minoan syllabary
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Trojan language
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Teucer
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Undeciphered writing systems
References
Sources
* (Includes images of inscriptions 2444 and 2445.)
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Hellenic scripts
Bronze Age writing systems
Undeciphered writing systems
Troad
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