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An accessible survey written by fourteen of the world's leading experts of work in recent years on the Linear B tablets, deciphered by Michael Ventris in 1952, revealing both the earliest form of Greek and much of the society and economy of its time.

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Preface; Note on marginal annotations; Note on the bibliographies; Note on consistency; Note on absolute values of the symbols for weight and volume; Note on translations; List of abbreviations; Part I. History, Script, Language and Culture; 1. The Archaeological and Historical Context John Bennet; 2. Discovery and Decipherment Michael Ventris; 3. Syllabic Scripts in The Aegean and Cyprus in The Second and First Millennia Jean-Pierre Olivier; 4.1-5. The Mycenaean Writing System Rupert Thompson And Torsten Meißner; 4.6. The Absolute Values of the Symbols for Weight Pia De Fidio; 4.7. The Absolute Values of the Symbols for Volume Pia De Fidio; 5. The Linear B Documents Maurizio Del Freo; 6. The Mycenaean Language Rupert Thompson; 7. Geography John Bennet; 8. Economy Pia De Fidio; 9. Mycenaean Society and Political Systems Cynthia Shelmerdine; 10.1. Mycenaean Religion John Killen; 10.2. Mycenaean and Classical Greek Religion Robert Parker; Part II. Drawings of Selected Tablets.

The New Documents in Mycenaean Greek Volume 1 Introductory Essays

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 2/15/2024 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521838122, 978-0521838122
      ISBN10: 0521838126
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An accessible survey written by fourteen of the world's leading experts of work in recent years on the Linear B tablets, deciphered by Michael Ventris in 1952, revealing both the earliest form of Greek and much of the society and economy of its time.

      Table of Contents
      Preface; Note on marginal annotations; Note on the bibliographies; Note on consistency; Note on absolute values of the symbols for weight and volume; Note on translations; List of abbreviations; Part I. History, Script, Language and Culture; 1. The Archaeological and Historical Context John Bennet; 2. Discovery and Decipherment Michael Ventris; 3. Syllabic Scripts in The Aegean and Cyprus in The Second and First Millennia Jean-Pierre Olivier; 4.1-5. The Mycenaean Writing System Rupert Thompson And Torsten Meißner; 4.6. The Absolute Values of the Symbols for Weight Pia De Fidio; 4.7. The Absolute Values of the Symbols for Volume Pia De Fidio; 5. The Linear B Documents Maurizio Del Freo; 6. The Mycenaean Language Rupert Thompson; 7. Geography John Bennet; 8. Economy Pia De Fidio; 9. Mycenaean Society and Political Systems Cynthia Shelmerdine; 10.1. Mycenaean Religion John Killen; 10.2. Mycenaean and Classical Greek Religion Robert Parker; Part II. Drawings of Selected Tablets.

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