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Will the Harappan script ever be deciphered?
However, most historians hold that the Harappan script has yet to be deciphered. The Harappan civilisation existed in a time period range of between 5,500 BC to 1,500 BC. Archaeologists have found thousands of short inscriptions, most of which have 4 to 5 symbols. The symbols have remained an enigma for most.
Is Indus Script pictographic?
The Indus script is made up of partially pictographic signs and human and animal motifs including a puzzling ‘unicorn’. These are inscribed on miniature steatite (soapstone) seal stones, terracotta tablets and occasionally on metal.
Why we still can’t crack the Indus script?
Witzel lists two main reasons: “We do not know which language(s) was spoken in the Indus civilisation. Also, we do not know the value (linguistically or not) of the Indus signs. Some of them seem obvious, such as: a certain seed, a plough, etc.
Why has the Harappan script not been deciphered?
So far, the Indus writing system could not be translated because the texts are too short, we have no bilingual inscription and we do not which language or languages were transcribed. Moreover, it is possible that it worked differently from any other writing system of the same general period.
Which one of the script has not been deciphered yet?
The Indus Valley script is far from the only one to remain mysterious.
Which of these writing systems has never been translated or deciphered?
Linear A He discovered two different systems, which he called Linear A and Linear B. While Linear B was deciphered in the early 1950s (it turned out to represent an early form of Greek), Linear A, above, has still not been deciphered.
Which written language has not been deciphered?
Proto-Elamite A script which first appeared in about 2900 BC in Suse (Susa), the capital of Elam, in south-western Persia (modern Iran). It has yet to be deciphered and the language it represents in unknown.