Undeciphered languages

by lamy65

So lately I’ve been reading up on Linear B and it’s predecessor Linear A. Got so many questions about this topic but I’ll try to summarize them:

  • If I understand correctly, all tablets of linear B only contain administrative topics. Are there tablets in linear A that are likely to be literary in nature?
  • Are there other undeciphered languages where we have large texts but that we just can’t decipher (yet)?
  • What makes it so difficult to decipher linear A? If I understand correctly, we have a lot of similar logograms/syllables as in linear B...
  • Do you think linear A will ever be deciphered?
  • Do you think linear A is old Mycean, or is it most likely a different language?
DanKensington

More can always be said if anyone would like to address this topic; for the meantime, here's some previous posts on scripts that currently elude translation: