Trojan script

Trojan script is a series of signs of unknown origin found on vessels from Troy excavated by Heinrich Schliemann's expedition. Their status is disputable. A Soviet historian of antiquity Nikolay Kazansky found them much similar to Linear B signs,^[1] while another Soviet historian Arkady Molchanov regarded them as "imitation of writing".

The inscription No. 2444, if compared with Linear B (or Linear A) signs, may be read: ku?-to-a-ro-ka-ro-ju??-?-ro-tu

The inscription No. 2445 is illegible and seems to have partly deteriorated; several signs may be identified as fragments of Linear A or Linear B signs but not as whole signs.

See also

• Trojan language
• Cretan script
• Linear B
• Teucer

References

External links

• (Images of the inscriptions) Н.Н.Казанский. Троянское письмо: к постановке вопроса. In: Античная балканистика. Карпато-Балканский регион в диахронии. М., 1984 г.
• Zurbach J. Schriftähnlihe Zeichen und Töpferzeichen in Troia, Studia Troica 13, 2003, 113-130.