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Letters that look Greek and are not.
Also known as: Carian script
The script used in south-western Anatolia, deciphered late because its letters resemble Greek ones with other values.
Writes the Carian language of south-western Anatolia.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Resisted decipherment for a century precisely because its letters look Greek: readings assuming Greek values produced nonsense, and the breakthrough came from Egyptian bilinguals rather than from Greek ones.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Angular letters, many identical in outline to Greek letters, written left to right or right to left depending on the inscription.