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This introduction is suitable for the student with some knowledge of Greek who wishes to have access to Linear B material. Part One places the development of the Linear B script against its historical background; the earlier varieties of Aegean writing are discusses, and Ventris' decipherment of Linear B is described and the Mycenaean dialect of Greek is examined. In Part two, the reader is taken through a number of important Linear B texts. These are presented first in a 'normalised' transcription of the Linear B characters, so as to induce familiarity with the lay-out of the original texts, secondly in transliteration, and thirdly in translation where this is possible.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Archaeology Archaeology by period / region

• Full title: Linear B
• Subtitle: An Introduction
• Author: J.T. Hooker
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216
• EAN: 9780906515624
• ISBN: 0906515629
• ID: 04760507
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 288 g
• Dimensions: 210 × 149 × 13 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. June 1991

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