Show HN: Linear A decipherment open-sourced

Category: other

Tags: linear-a, ancient-languages, semitic-linguistics, corpus-tools, digital-humanities, decipherment

Score: 6.3/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 6, Documentation: 8, Utility: 4)

kaphtor is an open-source digital corpus and query toolkit for the undeciphered Linear A script, presenting a proposed Semitic decipherment with tiered confidence levels and comparative tools. It combines a large dataset of inscriptions, words, Semitic roots, and sign values with Python query utilities and research skills for agent sessions, making the decipherment process transparent and testable.

Target audience: linguists, archaeologists, digital humanities researchers, and AI agent developers

Repository: https://www.plasma.ai/research/linear-a · Python · Apache-2.0 · 2 stars

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