Cuneiform Video: The race to decode a mysterious language - Susan Lupack — E8 Intelligence Research
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: **Discovery Report: Video/Tablet Identification Mismatch** **Plain Statement:** The TED-Ed video **"The race to decode a mysterious language - Susan Lupack"** does **not** discuss a cuneiform tablet. It focuses exclusively on **Linear B tablets** from the Mycenaean Greek palaces (c. 1450–1200 BCE), primarily the archives of **Knossos (Crete)** and **Pylos (Mainland Greece)**. **Consequences for Requested Analysis:** Because the subject matter is Mycenaean Linear B — a syllabic script recording an early Greek dialect — **none of the requested Mesopotamian mathematical or astronomical parameters are present in the video's content.** * **No Sexagesimal (Base-60) Calculations:** Linear B tablets use a **decimal (base-10)** accounting system. Numbers are recorded with vertical strokes (units), horizontal dashes (tens), circles (hundreds), and circles with rays (thousands). There are no place-value notations, reciprocal tables, or base-60 arithmetic. * **No Mathematical Constants ($\p Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
Author: Caldin, Andrew Stewart
Language: English
Topic: Ancient Near East History
Subfield: Archeology (arts and humanities)
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225561773