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Have Scholars Finally Deciphered a Mysterious Ancient Script?
smithsonianmag ^
| Andrew Lawler
Posted on 08/02/2022 10:12:34 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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Grid of the 72 deciphered alpha-syllabic signs on which the transliteration system of Linear Elamite is based. The most common graphic variants are shown for each sign. Blue signs are attested in southwestern Iran, red ones in southeastern Iran. Black signs are common to both areas. F. Desset
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posted on
08/02/2022 10:12:34 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/02/2022 10:12:56 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BenLurkin
It says: Drink your Ovaltine.
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posted on
08/02/2022 10:14:47 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: Seruzawa
A crummy commercial? Son of a bitch!
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posted on
08/02/2022 10:17:15 AM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
“we have been trying to reach you regarding your chariot’s extended warranty...”
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posted on
08/02/2022 10:17:37 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BenLurkin
Is Linear Elamite related to Linear A (Minoan) or Linear B (Mycenaean)?
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/02/2022 10:25:21 AM PDT
by
Stosh
To: Flick Lives
I don’t think so, but don’t really know, but it’s supposedly two different languages to so maybe not at all.
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posted on
08/02/2022 10:25:41 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: Seruzawa
No, it says “Drink your Tang!”
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posted on
08/02/2022 10:34:16 AM PDT
by
2harddrive
(FREE 3D-printable Firearm blueprints available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/)
To: BenLurkin
Admittedly I only scanned the article but it never says what it said? Only said they’ve figured out 96% - if you have that much, why not tell us what it said? Did I miss something?
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posted on
08/02/2022 10:34:42 AM PDT
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ozarkgirl
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To: ozarkgirl
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posted on
08/02/2022 10:36:01 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: Flick Lives
Probably not, as the Elamite symbols seem almost entirely geometric with zoomorphic elements.
The main problem with Minoan and other ancient scripts like Sumerian is that they are now language isolates with no known living descendants. The Egyptian hieroglyphs were deciphered not only because of the Rosetta Stone but because Champolier realized that modern Coptic was a descendant of ancient Egyptian.
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08/02/2022 10:36:19 AM PDT
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pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
To: Seruzawa
“It says: Drink your Ovaltine.”
Turn in your PHD. It says “Eat at Abdul’s”.
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08/02/2022 10:37:18 AM PDT
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dljordan
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/02/2022 10:37:43 AM PDT
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beethovenfan
(The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
To: Seruzawa
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posted on
08/02/2022 10:39:48 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
(“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
To: pierrem15
Interesting. Thanks.
Always a bit amazed, that even with computer analysis, there are still written languages we’ve yet to decipher.
To: Seruzawa
It was prophetic. It says “Go Brandon!”
To: Kartographer
To: BenLurkin
The silver vessel resembles a German beer stein in shape, so maybe the inscription is a drinking song.
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posted on
08/02/2022 10:58:28 AM PDT
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Wuli
To: Flick Lives
I meant, “without zoomorphic”. sorry
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08/02/2022 11:02:51 AM PDT
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pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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