, 5 0 0 ) ▁comp ares ▁unf avor ably ▁with ▁the ▁number ▁known ▁from ▁the ▁und e ci pher ed ▁Linear ▁A ▁documents ▁( over ▁ 7 , 0 0 0 ) ▁and ▁the ▁number ▁available ▁in ▁Linear ▁B ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁de ci pher ed ▁( approx . ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ). ▁Furthermore , ▁different ▁languages ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁represented ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁Cy pro - M ino an ▁sub system , ▁and ▁without ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁b iling ual ▁texts ▁or ▁many ▁more ▁texts ▁in ▁each ▁sub system , ▁de ci pher ment ▁is ▁extremely ▁unlikely . ▁According ▁to ▁Thomas ▁G . ▁Pala ima , ▁" all ▁past ▁and ▁current ▁schemes ▁of ▁de ci pher ment ▁of ▁Cy pro - M ino an ▁are ▁impro b able ". ▁Sil via ▁Ferr ara ▁also ▁bel ieves ▁this ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁case , ▁as ▁she ▁concluded ▁in ▁her ▁detailed ▁analysis ▁of ▁the ▁subject ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁Rec ent ▁develop ments ▁ ▁Several ▁attempts ▁to ▁de ci pher ▁the ▁script ▁( Er n st ▁S itt ig , ▁V . ▁Serge ev , ▁Jan ▁Best ▁etc .) ▁were ▁rejected ▁by ▁special ists ▁due ▁to ▁numerous ▁in acc ura cies . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁Jo anna ▁S . ▁Smith ▁and ▁Nicol le ▁Hir sch feld ▁received ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 8 ▁Best ▁of ▁Show ▁Post er ▁Award ▁at ▁the ▁annual ▁meeting ▁of ▁the ▁Arch ae ological ▁Institute ▁of ▁America ▁for