Linear A

From: Ivanovas/Milatos
Message: 201
Date: 1999-11-08

ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=unicode" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2014.210" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>just a short note: the best - to my opinion - and linguistically most logical interpretation of Lin.A as a IE language (understanding and comparing it very convincingly to later Lycian) is by Margalit Finkelberg: Minoan Inscriptions on Libation Vessels, Minos25, 1990. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Following her lead we might suppose that Lykian was not derived from Luwian but rather from -  similar but earlier - Lin. A., another early 'Anatolian' (may be now better: Aegean - that is what Pelasgian is usually used for - language).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Archaeological evidence in this context is difficult to read, but after my recent studies on Eastern Aegean mythology fits even better.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings from Crete</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sabine</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>