Scripta Minoa
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Scripta Minoa is a seminal two-volume work by archaeologist Arthur Evans that publishes and analyzes the Bronze Age Aegean scripts, including the Cretan hieroglyphic and Linear A and B writing systems.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Scripta Minoa canonical | 1 |
| Scripta Minoa, Volume I | 1 |
| Scripta Minoa, Volume II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8386635 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scripta Minoa Context triple: [Arthur Evans, notableWork, Scripta Minoa]
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A.
Colophonian
A Colophonian is a person from the ancient Ionian Greek city of Colophon, located in what is now western Turkey.
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B.
Samaritan script
The Samaritan script is an ancient consonantal writing system used by the Samaritan community to write their version of Hebrew and Aramaic, preserving a distinct tradition separate from mainstream Jewish scripts.
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C.
Pazhaya lipi
Pazhaya lipi is an early, archaic form of the Malayalam writing system used in historical inscriptions and manuscripts before the adoption of the modern script.
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D.
Tirhuta script
Tirhuta script is a traditional Brahmic writing system historically used for the Maithili language of the Mithila region in India and Nepal.
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E.
Tigalari script
The Tigalari script is a historical South Indian writing system used primarily to write Tulu and Sanskrit, closely related to other southern Brahmic scripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scripta Minoa Target entity description: Scripta Minoa is a seminal two-volume work by archaeologist Arthur Evans that publishes and analyzes the Bronze Age Aegean scripts, including the Cretan hieroglyphic and Linear A and B writing systems.
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A.
Colophonian
A Colophonian is a person from the ancient Ionian Greek city of Colophon, located in what is now western Turkey.
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B.
Samaritan script
The Samaritan script is an ancient consonantal writing system used by the Samaritan community to write their version of Hebrew and Aramaic, preserving a distinct tradition separate from mainstream Jewish scripts.
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C.
Pazhaya lipi
Pazhaya lipi is an early, archaic form of the Malayalam writing system used in historical inscriptions and manuscripts before the adoption of the modern script.
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D.
Tirhuta script
Tirhuta script is a traditional Brahmic writing system historically used for the Maithili language of the Mithila region in India and Nepal.
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E.
Tigalari script
The Tigalari script is a historical South Indian writing system used primarily to write Tulu and Sanskrit, closely related to other southern Brahmic scripts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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scholarly work ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
palaeography
ⓘ
philology ⓘ |
| aim | to publish and analyze Bronze Age Aegean scripts ⓘ |
| analyzes | Aegean inscriptions ⓘ |
| author |
Arthur Evans
ⓘ
Arthur Evans ⓘ Arthur Evans ⓘ |
| contains |
drawings of inscriptions
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photographic plates ⓘ sign lists ⓘ transcriptions of texts ⓘ |
| contribution |
classification of Cretan writing systems
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systematic publication of Bronze Age Aegean scripts ⓘ |
| documents |
Cretan hieroglyphic inscriptions
ⓘ
Linear A inscriptions ⓘ
linked to:
Linear A
Linear B inscriptions ⓘ |
| field |
Aegean epigraphy
ⓘ
classical archaeology ⓘ |
| focusesOnPeriod | Bronze Age ⓘ |
| focusesOnRegion | Crete ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Scripta Minoa, Volume I
ⓘ
linked to:
Scripta Minoa
Scripta Minoa, Volume II ⓘ
linked to:
Scripta Minoa
|
| hasReproductionOf |
inscribed seals
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inscribed tablets ⓘ sealings ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 2 ⓘ |
| publishedInCity | Oxford ⓘ |
| publisher |
Clarendon Press
ⓘ
linked to:
Oxford University Press
|
| relatedTo |
Minoan civilization
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Mycenaean civilization ⓘ |
| subject |
Aegean scripts
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Bronze Age archaeology ⓘ Cretan hieroglyphic script ⓘ Cretan hieroglyphic script ⓘ Linear A ⓘ Linear A ⓘ Linear B ⓘ Linear B ⓘ early Cretan scripts ⓘ |
| usedBy |
epigraphers
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linguists studying undeciphered scripts ⓘ scholars of Aegean prehistory ⓘ |
| volumeCount | 2 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Scripta Minoa Description of subject: Scripta Minoa is a seminal two-volume work by archaeologist Arthur Evans that publishes and analyzes the Bronze Age Aegean scripts, including the Cretan hieroglyphic and Linear A and B writing systems.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Scripta Minoa
linked to: Scripta Minoa