Undeciphered Writing Systems - Bronze Age Scripts

Bronze Age Scripts

The following is a list of undeciphered scripts from the Bronze Age (3300 to 1200 BC).

• Indus script — Indus Valley Civilization, proto-writing from ca. 3300 BC, mature script ca. 2500-1900 BC.
• Proto-Elamite — Elam, from ca. 3200 BC.
• Linear Elamite, from ca. 2200 BC.
• Linear A — Minoan, from ca. 1900 BC, a syllabary.
• Cretan hieroglyphs, from ca. 1900 BC.
• Wadi el-Ħôl script, ca. 1800 BC, likely an abjad.
• Byblos syllabary — the city of Byblos, ca. 1700 BC.
• Phaistos Disc, ca. 1600 BC, a unique text found on one single object; a short inscription on the Arkalokhori Axe possibly represents the same type of writing.
• Cypro-Minoan syllabary, from ca. 1500 BC.
• Southwest Paleohispanic script, from ca. 700 BC.
• Sitovo inscription, probably Phrygian.