The Undeciphered Signs of Linear B : Interpretation and Scribal Practices Hardback
by Anna P. (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge) Judson
Part of the Cambridge Classical Studies series
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Decades after Michael Ventris deciphered Linear B and showed that its language was Greek, nearly one-sixth of its syllabic signs' sound-values are still unknown.
This book offers a new approach to establishing these undeciphered signs' possible values.
Analysis of Linear B's structure and usage not only establishes these signs' most likely sound-values - providing the best possible basis for future decipherments - but also sheds light on the writing system as a whole.
The undeciphered signs are also used to explore the evidence provided by palaeography for the chronology of the Linear B documents and the activities of the Mycenaean scribes.
The conclusions presented in this book therefore deepen our understanding not only of the undeciphered signs but also of the Linear B writing system as a whole, the texts it was used to write, and the insight these documents bring us into the world of the Mycenaean palaces.
A colour version of figures 5.1-5.4 of chapter 5 can be found under the 'Resources' tab.
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- Pages:372 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 22 Tables, black and white; 2 Maps; 183 Halftones, black an
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/09/2020
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:372 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; 22 Tables, black and white; 2 Maps; 183 Halftones, black an
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:24/09/2020
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- ISBN:9781108494724
