Trojan script
Trojan script is a series of signs of unknown origin found on vessels from Troy excavated by Heinrich Schliemann's expedition. Their status is disputable. 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".
The inscription No. 2444, if compared with Linear B (or Linear A) signs, may be read: ku?-to-a-ro-ka-ro-ju??-?-ro-tu
The inscription No. 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
References
- ↑ "Троянское Письмо. К Постановке Вопроса". Kladina.narod.ru. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
External links
- (Images of the inscriptions) Н.Н.Казанский. Троянское письмо: к постановке вопроса. In: Античная балканистика. Карпато-Балканский регион в диахронии. М., 1984 г.
- Zurbach J. Schriftähnlihe Zeichen und Töpferzeichen in Troia, Studia Troica 13, 2003, 113-130.
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