Linear A and Linear B: Structural and contextual concerns
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Authors
Meissner, T
Steele, PM
Editors
Nosch, M-L
Landenius Enegren, Hedvig
Publication Date
2017-12-01Journal Title
Aegean scripts : proceedings of the 14th International Colloquium on Mycenaean Studies, Copenhagen, 2-5 September 2015
ISBN
9788880802754
Publisher
Edizioni Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Pages
99-114
Type
Book chapter
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Meissner, T., & Steele, P. (2017). Linear A and Linear B: Structural and contextual concerns. In Nosch, M-L. Edizioni Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Aegean scripts : proceedings of the 14th International Colloquium on Mycenaean Studies, Copenhagen, 2-5 September 2015. [Book chapter]. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.11227
Abstract
Of all the Aegean writing systems, Linear B is by far the best known and understood: it has the largest number of inscriptions, a signary whose repertoire we can reconstruct with a high degree of accuracy, well secured sign values for the majority of signs and a well understood underlying language, Greek. Of the other scripts of this group, only the Cypriot Syllabic script of the 1st millennium BC compares, since it can be read and its inscriptions largely understood (the majority also written in Greek), while the others (Cretan Hieroglyphic, Linear A and Cypro-Minoan) remain ill-understood. Even so, there remain some gaps in our knowledge of the Linear B writing system and its development, and it is some of these lacunae that form the basis for the present investigation.
Keywords
Mycenaean, Linear B, Minoan, Linear A, writing systems
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British Academy (PDF/pf120103)
European Research Council (677758)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.11227
This record's DOI: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.11227
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