Re: Un-deciphered writings (was Re: eestaak writing)

Diana Slattery writes:
 > Looking at this writing system reminded me of a back-burner project I've had
 > of collecting examples of writing systems that exist on Planet Earth that
 > have never been deciphered.  The mention of linear B reminded me of linear
 > A.  Also high on the list is the Phaistos disk (Crete) and the Voynich
 > manuscript.  Does any one else have some favorite historical examples?
 >
 > Theory (might work for Voynich) :  it was an early conlang, perhaps for use
 > by one or two.
 >
 >  Diana Slattery
 >
 > On 12/18/02 8:49 AM, "bnathyuw" <bnathyuw@...> wrote:
 >
 > > ok, i promised a while ago that i would post some
 > > pictures for eestaak writing.
 > >
 > > you'll find a short string of symbols at :
 > >
 > > http://www.spiritnm.com/bnathyuw/images/eestaak/eestaak_short.gif
 >

Well, there's the writing of the Indus Valley (Harappan) civilization.

http://www.ancientscripts.com/indus.html

I mention it primarily because one of the eestaak symbols reminds me
of the "fish" sign on that page.

Then there's the rongorongo script of Easter Island.

http://www.rongorongo.org/
http://www.netaxs.com/~trance/rongo2.html
   (this latter page by former CONLANG member Jaques Guy)

As for the Voynich, I'd tentatively agree with you.  If it's not a
conlang, it's probably a hoax: statistical analysis argues against it
being a cypher of any European language.

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