Reading Linear B: Volume 1, An Introduction to the Writing System and Mycenaean Greek
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1009336436
ISBN-13
9781009336437
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 31st, 2026
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
250 grams
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LinguisticsWriting systems, alphabetsWriting systems, alphabets, scriptsLanguage teaching & learning material & courseworkLanguage teaching and learning material and courseworkAncient history: to c 500 CEClassical Greek & Roman archaeologyAncient historyArchaeology by period / region
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Studying Linear B cuts across disciplines including archaeology, epigraphy, linguistics, and historical economics. It can be challenging for an individual to gain sufficient backgrounding in these various areas, and this book provides the fullest guide for the beginning student. Volume 1 focuses mainly on the writing system and the language.
This book, which draws on Lisa Bendall's lectures over three decades, provides an engaging and accessible survey of everything students need to know to read and understand texts in Linear B. As John Chadwick noted, the Linear B scholar must be 'not just an epigraphist, not just a linguist, not just an economic historian and archaeologist; ideally he or she…must be all these things simultaneously'. Volume 1 introduces the student to the writing system and the language, especially the phonology and morphology. It also explains the formal aspects of the documents and gives guidance on the tools available to the student and scholar. Volume 2 will provide a guide to using the documents to understand the Mycenaean world.
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