Alice Kober
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Alice Elizabeth Kober was an American classicist best known for her work on the decipherment of Linear B. Educated at Hunter College and Columbia University, Kober taught classics at Brooklyn College
Kober in 1946
The library at Brooklyn College, where Kober taught from 1930 until her death
Linear B tablet found at Pylos. Kober dedicated her life to the decipherment of the script.
Linear A
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Linear A is a writing system that was used by the Minoans of Crete from 1800 BC to 1450 BC. Linear A was the primary script used in palace and religious writings of the Minoan civilization. It was ada
Alice Kober
…Oxford in 1948 to work with Myres on the preparation of the manuscript for publication, and agreed to assist with Scripta Minoa III, which was to cover Linear A. In July 1949, Kober fell ill and was hospitalised. She died on May 16, 1950, aged 43. There is no record of the cause of her illness in her correspondence…
Linear A tablet, Chania Archaeological Museum
The Minoan site of Hagia Triada, where roughly half of the known Linear A inscriptions were excavated.
Linear A tablet from the palace of Zakros, Archeological Museum of Sitia
Linear A inscription at the Museum of Prehistory, in Thera