Editing Linear A (section)

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[[File:Prähistorisches Museum Thira Linearschrift A 06.jpg|thumb|Prähistorisches Museum Thira Linearschrift A 06]]
While most of the recovered Linear A signs have come from tablets, libation tables and related ritual objects, and sealed documents, a number of very short Linear A inscriptions have been found in the Minoan area of operation, primarily in the form of potmarks and [[mason's mark]]s.<ref>Militello P.M., "Management, power and non-literate communication in Prepalatial and Palatial Messara", in A. M. Jasink – J. Weingarten – S. Ferrara (a cura di), Non-scribal Communication Media in the Bronze Age Aegean and Surrounding Areas. The semantics of a-literate and proto-literate media, Firenze, pp. 55–72, 2017</ref> A problem is that it can be difficult to tell if a single-sign (or even doubleton) is Linear A, [[Linear B]], or [[Cretan Hieroglyphs]] because of the overlap in sign use.<ref>[https://amsdottorato.unibo.it/11010/1/Santamaria_Andrea_Tesi.pdf] Santamaria, Andrea, "From images to signs: Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A in context." (2023, Dissertation, Università di Bologna, 2023</ref><ref>Owens, Gareth A., "The Common Origin of Cretan Hieroglyphs and Linear A", Kadmos, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 105–110, 1996</ref> Vessel sherds were found at [[Traostalos]], bearing three signs in total.<ref>Davaras, Costis, "Three sherds inscribed in Linear A, from Traostalos", Kadmos, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 167–168, 1974</ref> Four vase sherds were found at Thera with signs, as well as a [[ostrakon]] with one sign.<ref name="Bennett1999" /> A vessel fragment was found at [[Miletus]].<ref>Niemeier, Wolf-Dietrich, "A Linear A Inscription from Miletus (MIL Zb 1)", Kadmos, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 87–99, 1996</ref> Two pithoi with very fragmentary inscriptions were found at Pseira.<ref>Floyd, Cheryl R., "Fragments from two pithoi with Linear A inscriptions from Pseira", Kadmos, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 39–48, 1995</ref> Graffiti has been found at places like Hagia Triada.<ref>Cameron, Mark A. S., "Four Fragments of Wall Paintings with Linear A Inscriptions", Kadmos, vol. 4, no. 1, 1965, pp. 7–15</ref> A small clay ball with three Linear A signs was found at Mikro Vouni on the island of [[Samothrace]].<ref>D. Matsas, "Samothrace and the Northeastern Aegean: The Minoan Connection", Studia Troica 1, pp. 159–179, 1991</ref> A small stone tab with two signs was excavated in Hagios Stephanos, [[Laconia]].<ref>R. Janko, "The Linear A Inscription", in Ayios Stephanos: Excavations at a Bronze Age and Medieval Settlement in Southern Laconia, The British School at Athens. Supplementary Volumes, no. 44, pp. 441–443, 2008</ref> A silver hair pin and a gold ring, both with fairly long Linear A inscriptions, were found at Mavro Spelio in Knossos.<ref>Alexiou Stylianos and Brice William C., "A Silver Pin from Mavro Spelio with an Inscription in Linear A: Her. Mus. 540", Kadmos, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 113–124, 1972</ref><ref name="Cacciafoco" /><ref>{{cite journal |last=Pullen |first=Daniel J. |title=[Review of] W.D. Taylour & R. Janko, ''Ayios Stephanos: Excavations at a Bronze Age and Medieval Settlement in Southern Laconia''. British School at Athens, 2008 |url=http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2009/2009.09.08/|journal=Bryn Mawr Classical Review |year=2009}}</ref>

A Linear&nbsp;A inscription was said to have been found in southeast Bulgaria.<ref>Fol, Alexander, Schmitt, Sofia and Schmitt, Rüdiger. "A Linear A Text on a Clay Reel from Drama, South-East Bulgaria?", Praehistorische Zeitschrift, vol. 75, no. 1, 2000, pp. 56–62</ref> Another, somewhat more solid, find was at [[Tel Lachish]].<ref>Finkelberg et al.  1996: M. Finkelberg/A. Uchitel/D. Ussishkin, A Linear A Inscription from Tel Lachish (LACH Za 1). TelAviv 23, 1996, 195–207</ref> A Minoan [[Graffito (archaeology)|graffito]] found at [[Tel Haror]] on a vessel fragment is either Linear&nbsp;A or [[Cretan hieroglyphs]].<ref>Olivier, Jean-Pierre. "A Minoan graffito from Tel Haror (Negev, Israel)." Cretan studies 5 (1996): 98–109</ref>

Several tablets inscribed in signs similar to Linear&nbsp;A were found at [[Troy]] in northwestern Anatolia. While their status is disputed, they may be imports, as there is no evidence of Minoan presence in the Troad. Classification of these signs as a unique [[Trojan script]] (proposed by contemporary Russian linguist Nikolai Kazansky) is not accepted by other linguists.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Schliemann |first1=Heinrich |url=http://archive.org/details/troyitsremainsna00schl |title=Troy and its remains; a narrative of researches and discoveries made on the site of Ilium, and in the Trojan plain |last2=Smith |first2=Philip |last3=Schmitz |first3=L. Dora |date=1875 |publisher=London, J. Murray |others=Princeton Theological Seminary Library |pages=23–24 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |year=1984 |url=http://www.kladina.narod.ru/kazanskiy/kazanskiy.htm |last=Kazansky |first=NN. |editor-last=Bernstein |editor-first=S.B. |language=ru |script-title=ru:Троянское письмо: к постановке вопроса |editor2-last=Gindin |editor2-first=L.A. |editor3-last=Golubtsova |editor3-first=E.S. |editor4-last=I.A. |editor5-last=Orel |editor5-first=V.E.)}}</ref> Two Linear A inscribed clay spindle whorls were also found at Troy.<ref>L. Godart,  La  scrittura  di  Troia.   Rendicontidella  Classe di scienze  morali, storiche e filologiche  dell'Ac-cademia Nazionale dei Lincei,  Ser. IX, 5,  1994, pp. 457–460, 1994</ref>