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After 117 years, the Linear A vocabulary for 3 major grains (bran, wheat, barley) and for flax is conclusively deciphered:
Although decipherment of Linear A vocabulary for the primary Minoan grains has seemed beyond reach for the past 117 years, I believe that I may have actually cracked the vocabulary for at least 3 major Minoan grain crops, kireta2 (kiretai)/kiretana (attributive) = “barley”, dideru = “einkorn wheat”, kunisu = “emmer wheat” and for sara2 (sarai) = “flax”, while concurrently tackling 3 more grain crops, rumata(se), pa3ni (paini)/pa3nina (painina) (attributive), which I may or may not have managed to accurately identify. More on this below.
How did I manage to accomplish this feat? My first breakthrough came with the code-breaker, Linear A tablet HT 114 (Haghia Triada), on which appears the word kireta2…
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Wasn’t this post interesting which was from my teacher of Linear B. Thanks for the Re-blog. How are you Joanna ?
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I couldn’t pass it up. He also has a post on Linear A that shows figures that represent wheat and spices…just fascinating! Thanks for the post. I’m doing ok…lot of heat where I am in New Mexico, trying to make headway on the cookbook.How are you?
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