The Decipherment of Linear BCambridge University Press, 15 мая 2014 г. The languages of the ancient world and the mysterious scripts, long undeciphered, in which they were encoded have represented one of the most intriguing problems of classical archaeology in modern times. This celebrated account of the decipherment of Linear B in the 1950s by Michael Ventris was written by his close collaborator in the momentous discovery. In revealing the secrets of Linear B it offers a valuable survey of late Minoan and Mycenaean archaeology, uncovering fascinating details of the religion and economic history of an ancient civilisation. |
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Mycenaean sites and places mentioned on the Linear B tablets | |
Comparison ofsignsin Linear B and classical Cypriot | |
Some obvious ideograms 11 Sex differentiation oftheideogram PIG 12 The building ofthe grid | |
HOPES AND FAILURES | |
A Knossos chariot tablet Sc230 | |
PROSPECTS | |
Mycenaean Tablets in Transcription | |
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