Linear A was used from the Middle Minoan III (c. 1800 BC) to the Late Minoan I (c. 1410 BC), and 54 of the 75 symbols are the same as Linear B, but while Linear B is limited to a few areas such as Knossos and Pylos, Linear A has been excavated throughout Crete, including Knossos, Phaistos, Tylissos, Zafer Papoura, Kato Zakros, Palaikastro, Malia, and Hagia Triada, with over 150 sheets discovered at Hagia Triada. Regarding deciphering it, Semitic linguist Cyrus H. Gordon has emphasized the Semitic characteristics, and has argued that it is a Phoenician language of the West Semitic family, especially based on the inscriptions on the Hagia Triada documents and ritual implements, but this has been strongly criticized. Other theories include that it is a Hittite language, which belongs to the Indo-European language family in Asia Minor, or that it is an Anatolian Indo-European language similar to Luwian, but the total number of documents is small, less than 400 pages, and it will be difficult to decipher unless the absolute amount of documents increases. *Some of the terminology that mentions "Gordon, CH" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…中期ミノアIII(前1800ころ)から後期ミノアI(前1410ころ)にかけて使用され,75の符号のうち54が線文字Bと同じものであるが,線文字Bがクノッソス,ピュロスなど少数の地域に限定されるのに対して,線文字Aはクノッソス,ファイストス,テュリッソスTylissos,ザフェル・パプラZafer Papoura,カト・ザクロス,パライカストロ,マリア,ハギア・トリアダなどクレタ全土から出土し,うちハギア・トリアダから150枚以上発見されている。解読については,セム語学者ゴードンCyrus H.Gordonはセム語の特徴を強調し,特にハギア・トリアダ文書や祭儀用具に刻まれた銘から,西セム語のフェニキア語系の言語であると主張しているが批判は強い。その他,小アジアの印欧語族に属するヒッタイト語説やルウィ語に近いアナトリア印欧語とする説などもあるが,文書総数も400枚以下と少なく,文書の絶対量が増えない限り解読はむずかしい。… ※「Gordon,C.H.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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