Linear B: The Written Records of Mycenae

Linear B: The Written Records of Mycenae

Linear B is the earliest known script used to write the Greek language, the writing system of the Mycenaean palaces in the Late Bronze Age. It survives on clay tablets, baked hard by the very fires that destroyed the palaces they belonged to. Copies of the script have turned up at Mycenae, Pylos, Tiryns, Thebes … Read more