Linear A - B - Decipherment
Both Linear B and Linear A were written during the 2nd millennium B.C. in Minoan Crete. Michael Ventris deciphered Linear B in 1952. This is the written syllabic language that spread from the Minoans to the Mycenaeans. Linear A has not yet been deciphered.
Decipherment of Linear B
Called Linear B by Evans, this script on clay tablets dated between 1450 and ca. 1375 B.C., when Knossos was destroyed.
Called Linear B by Evans, this script on clay tablets dated between 1450 and ca. 1375 B.C., when Knossos was destroyed.
Bibliography
A linear B-related bibliography divided into sections on Colloquia, Symposia and Festschriften, Bibliographies, Individual Works, and An Alphabet in the Aegean Bronze Age?
A linear B-related bibliography divided into sections on Colloquia, Symposia and Festschriften, Bibliographies, Individual Works, and An Alphabet in the Aegean Bronze Age?
Linear A Tablet
A photograph of a Linear A tablet dating to about 1450 B.C., from Crete. The clay tablet was preserved by being baked in a fire.
A photograph of a Linear A tablet dating to about 1450 B.C., from Crete. The clay tablet was preserved by being baked in a fire.
Linear A
Ancient Scripts of the World look at Linear A. While Linear B seems to have come from Linear A, the underlying language of Linear A doesn't seem to relate to any other surviving language in Europe or Western Asia.
Ancient Scripts of the World look at Linear A. While Linear B seems to have come from Linear A, the underlying language of Linear A doesn't seem to relate to any other surviving language in Europe or Western Asia.
Linear B
From Scripts of the World site, an introduction with graphics of the written language of Linear B.
From Scripts of the World site, an introduction with graphics of the written language of Linear B.
The Linear B Tablets and Mycenaean Organization
Linear B has 89 signs which representing both bare vowels and syllables. Tablets have been found on the Mycenaean mainland and in non-mainland areas ruled by Mycenaean kings. Tablets have been found firmly dated to the 13th century B.C.
Linear B has 89 signs which representing both bare vowels and syllables. Tablets have been found on the Mycenaean mainland and in non-mainland areas ruled by Mycenaean kings. Tablets have been found firmly dated to the 13th century B.C.