Linear A Sign A357

A357 is a catalogue label, not a translation. It identifies this sign in GORILA, a catalogue of Linear A inscriptions; the number gives no pronunciation or word meaning.

Linear A is a Bronze Age script used on Crete and across the Aegean, c. 1800–1450 BCE. Its earliest surviving phase belongs to the First Palace period, in the 19th–18th centuries BCE, with early evidence concentrated at Phaistos. Most surviving texts are on clay tablets, small disks called roundels, and sealings—impressions pressed into clay—used in economic records. Stone offering tables, metal objects and pottery show that Linear A also appeared in ritual and practical settings.

Linear A and Cretan Hieroglyphic were partly contemporary writing systems on Crete, with some similar sign shapes but different sign repertoires. Linear B later adapted many Linear A signs to write Mycenaean Greek. These script connections do not establish how A357 was read.

What does 𐚑 mean when someone sends it?

Treat it as a specialist reference. In a message, 𐚑 points to a particular Linear A sign, but the glyph alone cannot explain why the sender included it. If the conversation is not already about Minoan writing or archaeology, ask what they intend.