Mycenaean Linear B tablet 1450-1100 BCE

"The oldest Mycenaean writing dates to about 1450 BC. It is descended from the older Linear A, an undeciphered earlier script used for writing the Minoan language, as is the later Cypriot syllabary, which also recorded Greek. Linear B, found mainly in the palace archives at Knossos, Cydonia, Pylos, Thebes and Mycenae, disappeared with the fall of Mycenaean civilization during the Late Bronze Age collapse. The succeeding period, known as the Greek Dark Ages, provides no evidence of the use of writing. It is also the only one of the Bronze Age Aegean scripts to have been deciphered, by English architect and self-taught linguist Michael Ventris."

-taken from wikipedia

Mycenaean Linear B tablet 1450-1100 BCE. Current location: National Archaeological Museum, Athens.


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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_B

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