Computer Science and Engineering, Department of
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
4-7-2023
Citation
Daggumati, S.; Revesz, P.Z. Convolutional Neural Networks Analysis Reveals Three Possible Sources of Bronze Age Writings between Greece and India. Information 2023, 14, 227. https:// doi.org/10.3390/info14040227
Abstract
This paper analyzes the relationships among eight ancient scripts from between Greece and India. We used convolutional neural networks combined with support vector machines to give a numerical rating of the similarity between pairs of signs (one sign from each of two different scripts). Two scripts that had a one-to-one matching of their signs were determined to be related. The result of the analysis is the finding of the following three groups, which are listed in chronological order: (1) Sumerian pictograms, the Indus Valley script, and the proto-Elamite script; (2) Cretan hieroglyphs and Linear B; and (3) the Phoenician, Greek, and Brahmi alphabets. Based on their geographic locations and times of appearance, Group (1) may originate from Mesopotamia in the early Bronze Age, Group (2) may originate from Europe in the middle Bronze Age, and Group (3) may originate from the Sinai Peninsula in the late Bronze Age.
Comments
open access.