Mycenaean Greek
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Mycenaean Greek is the earliest attested form of the Greek language. It was spoken on the Greek mainland and Crete in Mycenaean Greece. The language is preserved in inscriptions in Linear B, a script
Warrior wearing a boar's tusk helmet, from a Mycenaean chamber tomb in the Acropolis of Athens, 14th–13th century BC.
Mycenaean Greek inscription written in Linear B, Archaeological Museum of Mycenae
Linear B
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Linear B is a syllabic script that was used for writing in Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of the Greek language. The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries, the earliest
Mycenaean Greek
…language. It was spoken on the Greek mainland and Crete in Mycenaean Greece (16th to 12th centuries BC). The language is preserved in inscriptions in Linear B, a script first attested on Crete before the 14th century BC. Most inscriptions are on clay tablets found in Knossos, in central Crete, as well as in…
NAMA Linear B tablet of Pylos
The Tripod tablet, discovered by Carl Blegen at the Palace of Nestor, Pylos, in 1952
Tablet KN Fp 13, discovered by Arthur Evans
Tablet MY Oe 106 (obverse) exhibited at the Greek National Archaeological Museum. Bottom: tracing of the inscription (obverse). Right: Tracing of the reverse side depicting a male figure.