State-Notation Protocol — Linear A: Hagia Triada (HT) Corpus Mathematical-Structural Analysis)

Linear A remains one of the Aegean Bronze Age's principal unsolved accounting scripts. This paper presents the State-Notation Protocol—a deterministic, non-phonetic framework for analyzing and restoring the administrative corpus of Hagia Triada (HT, ~148 tablets). Moving beyond speculative phonetic assignments, the protocol treats Linear A tablets as closed balance systems governed by absolute conservation laws. By analyzing the operational interplay between the intake/summing operator (KU-RO) and the deficit/debt operator (KI-RO), we establish: (1) a verified binary-halving fractional system (1/2 to 1/16) combined with economic quanta (1/5, 1/12) that closes balance equations with zero residual error; (2) a physical ration module (μ_base = 0.1 measure ≈ 2.88 L of grain), allowing contact-free mapping of the Minoan social hierarchy based solely on consumption coefficients; (3) syntactic evidence via the enclitic -QE (“and”) and the deduction vector KI-RO (kura-) demonstrating an Anatolian/Luwian grammatical structure overlaid with international Semitic accounting ideologemes; and (4) an algorithmic Constraint Satisfaction solver (LinearA_Lacuna_Solver) in Python that mathematically reconstructs damaged tablet entries with 100% deterministic precision. The protocol shifts Linear A from an unsolved mystery into a fully described, mathematically solved administrative topology. Keywords: Linear A, Hagia Triada, Minoan Economy, Constraint Satisfaction Algorithm, Metrology, Mathematical Linguistics, KU-RO / KI-RO, Balance Equation, Decipherment

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-09-05
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22338346
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Ancient Near East History
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State-Notation Protocol — Linear A: Hagia Triada (HT) Corpus Mathematical-Structural Analysis)

Maksym Koresh
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Ancient Near East History
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State-Notation Protocol — Linear A: Hagia Triada (HT) Corpus Mathematical-Structural Analysis)

Maksym Koresh
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Abstract

Linear A remains one of the Aegean Bronze Age's principal unsolved accounting scripts. This paper presents the State-Notation Protocol—a deterministic, non-phonetic framework for analyzing and restoring the administrative corpus of Hagia Triada (HT, ~148 tablets). Moving beyond speculative phonetic assignments, the protocol treats Linear A tablets as closed balance systems governed by absolute conservation laws. By analyzing the operational interplay between the intake/summing operator (KU-RO) and the deficit/debt operator (KI-RO), we establish: (1) a verified binary-halving fractional system (1/2 to 1/16) combined with economic quanta (1/5, 1/12) that closes balance equations with zero residual error; (2) a physical ration module (μ_base = 0.1 measure ≈ 2.88 L of grain), allowing contact-free mapping of the Minoan social hierarchy based solely on consumption coefficients; (3) syntactic evidence via the enclitic -QE (“and”) and the deduction vector KI-RO (kura-) demonstrating an Anatolian/Luwian grammatical structure overlaid with international Semitic accounting ideologemes; and (4) an algorithmic Constraint Satisfaction solver (LinearA_Lacuna_Solver) in Python that mathematically reconstructs damaged tablet entries with 100% deterministic precision. The protocol shifts Linear A from an unsolved mystery into a fully described, mathematically solved administrative topology. Keywords: Linear A, Hagia Triada, Minoan Economy, Constraint Satisfaction Algorithm, Metrology, Mathematical Linguistics, KU-RO / KI-RO, Balance Equation, Decipherment

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Ancient Near East History
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