Malia altar stone
E813937
The Malia altar stone is an inscribed stone artifact from the Minoan site of Malia on Crete, notable for bearing one of the key examples of undeciphered Cretan hieroglyphic writing.
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cretan hieroglyphic inscription
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Minoan artifact ⓘ archaeological artifact ⓘ inscribed stone artifact ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite | Malia archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cretan hieroglyphic corpus
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Minoan religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | Minoan Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Minoan civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoverySite | Malia palace complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| functionHypothesis |
altar stone
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cult object ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | northern coast of Crete ⓘ |
| inscriptionStatus | undeciphered text ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | hieroglyphic inscription ⓘ |
| languageStatus | underlying language unknown ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Crete
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Greece ⓘ Malia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bearing one of the key examples of Cretan hieroglyphic writing
ⓘ
importance for the study of undeciphered Cretan hieroglyphs ⓘ |
| region | Bronze Age Crete ⓘ |
| relatedScript |
Linear A
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Linear B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchField |
Aegean epigraphy
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Minoan archaeology ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Aegean scripts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptStatus | undeciphered ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Cretan hieroglyphs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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