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In English language, yes. But this is not even Greek, or Ancient Greek. Also I am not sure if the "icons" are letters (a, b, c, α, β, γ...) or ideograms.

Good luck decyphering this without any kno

I will assume that some contect is needed to start translating the text. E.g. if the tablets are found in a temple, you can start with a vocabulary of 1000 words and then expand the search. There could (?) be a "mixed" approach (technology, history, linguistics) rather than "scan and let the machine combine".



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