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Cryptic Ciphers of Antiquity
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- 1. Adjective relating to an ancient professional writer or copier
- 3. Encrypted ancient inscription requiring cipher skills
- 4. Wedge-shaped script used on Mesopotamian clay tablets
- 5. Mycenaean script deciphered by Ventris, preluding classical Greek
- 7. General term for symbolic carved figures, often ancient
- 8. Symbol representing a word or morpheme in hieroglyphs
- 13. Egyptian site with cuneiform diplomatic correspondence
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- 2. Simplified cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics
- 6. Imaginary blend; invalid word; replaced
- 9. Egyptian script evolved for administrative and literary brevity
- 10. Imaginary term blending oil and form — _not valid_, skip, replaced
- 11. Ancient northwest Indian script read right to left
- 12. Bronze Age Greek script linked to Linear B tablets
- 14. Consonantal alphabet typical of Semitic languages (e.g., Phoenician)
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