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Cryptic Scripts of Forgotten Scrolls
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Berber script preserved by Tuareg nomads
  • 3. Old Slavic script predating Cyrillic alphabet
  • 4. Rare medieval cryptic cipher sometimes found in manuscript marginalia
  • 5. Turkic script preserving Buddhist manuscripts in Central Asia
  • 8. Middle Iranian script used in Zoroastrian texts
  • 9. Obscure late antique script linked to Armenian ecclesiastical texts
  • 13. Pre-Greek Anatolian language inscribed using an extinct alphabet
  • 14. Hypothetical name for lost script hypothesized in Siberia’s manuscript fragments
Down
  • 2. Late Egyptian script blending Greek and Demotic elements
  • 6. Hypothetical lost cuneiform dialect from Mesopotamian tablets (Note: a rare, reconstructed term)
  • 7. Indo-Iranian script carved on Gandharan inscriptions
  • 10. Script used by Turkic peoples prior to modern Uyghur alphabet
  • 11. Aramaic-derived script of Petra's ancient kingdom
  • 12. Ancient Sudanese script resistant to full decipherment
  • 15. Ancient Greek script variant used in Sicily's archaic documents

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