Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preliminary note
List of abbreviations
Part One
1: The Aegean Bronze Age
2: Writing in the Aegean Bronze Age
3: The decipherment of the Linear B script
4: The Linear B inscriptions
5: The language of the Linear B texts
Part Two
1: Knossos sword tablets: the Ra set
2: Sheep and wool tablets from Pyles and Knossos:
PY Cn and KN D
3: Knossos cloth and wool tablets: the L series
4: Groups of women: the Pyles A series
5: The assessment and distribution of bronze: PY
6: The o-ka set: Pyles An tablets
7: Inventories: Pyles Ta tablets
8: L~nd tablets: E texts from Pyles and Tiryns
9: Religious texts from Knossos, Pyles, and Thebes
10: Wheel and chariot tablets: the Knossos S series
11: Spice tablets: the Mycenae Ge set
12: Assessments of various commodities:
M and N tablets from Pyles and Knossos
13: Inscribed jars, sealings, and labels
Part Three
Index 1: Linear B words
Index 2: Greek words
Index 3: Linear B inscriptions discussed
Plates

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This is a book which details and decyphers the dead language of Linear B, suitable for those with some knowledge of Greek.

About the Author

J.T. Hooker was Reader in Greek at University College London, UK. His publications include Homer: Iliad III, also published by Bloomsbury.