A Short Note on the Knossos Statuette Inscription
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Right Side Inscription
3.2. Rear Inscription
4. Discussion—Proposed New Reading
4.1. Background
4.2. Early Attempts
4.3. mś
4.4. Helck
4.5. Hayes
5. Conclusions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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