SigLA is an interactive database of inscriptions written inthe (still undeciphered) Linear A script of Bronze Age Greece.SigLA aim at developing a systematic, exhaustive anduser-friendly open access database of all Linear A inscriptions. Such aresearch tool is currently missing, and is essential in order to carryout statistical and palæographic analyses within the epigraphic corpus,only available in print form at the moment.

More information in the paper we wrote about SigLA: [ .html | .pdf ].

Contact us. If you have queries about the database (content-or interface-related), you can contact either of us: Ester Salgarella and Simon Castellan.

Updates and news. Below is the list of changes wedid on SigLA, in reverse chronological order:

• May 21st, 2026: Added documents HT Zb 161, KN Za10(a/b), KN Za 17, KN Za 18.

• August 24th, 2021: All tablets from Haghia Triada havebeen added plus all tablets from Melos, Kea, Pyrgos. Hence all tabletsfrom GORILA are now present in SigLA. Started adding roundels fromHaghia Triada and Khania.

  Minor interface changes.

• February 2nd, 2021: Refactored interface to be bothclearer and more efficient. Most of the website works now withoutjavascript.

• January, 21st 2021: Added tablets HT 64-133 (GORILA).Improved document view interface. Added new fields to tablets: periodand corpus URL. Results of a search now display the search forquick-editing. Other minor estetic changes.

• 27 august 2020:

  Added Tablets HT 18-63 (GORILA). Modified homepage (quicksearch andlinks) as well as document view.

• 18 June 2020: First release of SigLA.

  Contains all tablets (as listed in GORILA) found at: Arkhanes,Khania, Mallia, Phaistos, Knossos, Tylissos and Zakros, along with a fewtablets from Hagia Triada (HT 1-17).