Cretan hieroglyphs
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Cretan hieroglyphs are a hieroglyphic writing system used in early Bronze Age Crete, during the Minoan era. It predates Linear A by about a century, but the two writing systems continued to be used in
A green jasper Minoan seal with Cretan hieroglyphs, 1800 BC
The Archanes Script. MM IA / MMIB, 2100–1800 BC. Archanes type of Cretan hieroglyphs. Archanes Phourni. Archaeological Museum of Heraklion
Cretan hieroglyphics as seen in seals (A) and tablets (B).
Linear B
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Linear B is a syllabic script that was used for writing in Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of the Greek language. The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries, the earliest
The Tripod tablet, discovered by Carl Blegen at the Palace of Nestor, Pylos, in 1952
Tablet KN Fp 13, discovered by Arthur Evans
Tablet MY Oe 106 (obverse) exhibited at the Greek National Archaeological Museum. Bottom: tracing of the inscription (obverse). Right: Tracing of the reverse side depicting a male figure.