Minoan Linear A Script Adoption

Linear A is a writing system that was used by the Minoans of Crete from 1800 BC to 1450 BC.^¹ Linear A was the primary script used in palace and religious writings of the Minoan civilization.^¹ It was adapted into Linear B, which was used by the Mycenaeans to write an early form of Greek.^¹ Since its modern rediscovery in 1900, no texts in the script have yet been deciphered.^¹ Archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans named the script "Linear" because its characters consisted simply of lines inscribed in clay, in contrast to the more pictographic characters in Cretan hieroglyphs – likewise undeciphered – that were used during the same period.^¹