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Definition of Linear b
1. Noun. A syllabic script used in Greece in the 13th century B.C..
Definition of Linear b
1. Proper noun. a syllabary used to write Mycenaean Greek in the second millennium BC, before the invention of the Greek alphabet ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Linear B
Literary usage of Linear b
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mycenaean Feast by James C. Wright (2004)
"In this chapter I discuss the nature of the linear b documents and focus on the
fullest archaeological and textual evidence, which comes from Pylos. ..."
2. The Inscriptions of Kourion by Terence Bruce Mitford (1971)
"J. Chadwick, The Decipherment of linear b (Cambridge, 1960), pp. 20 f.; for their
probable direction. Antiquity 30(1956): p. 41. Cf. also J. Karageorghis, ..."
3. Charis: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr by Sara Anderson Immerwahr, Anne Proctor Chapin (2004)
""The linear b Inscribed Stirrup Jars as Links in an Administrative Chain," Minos
... "The Structure of the linear b Administration at Knos- sos'AJA 89, pp. ..."
4. Mr Brouard's Odyssey by Diana Winsor (2004)
"And he died before its apparent successor, linear b, was deciphered by a ...
Since then he had been determined to break the code of linear b. In die end he ..."
5. A Guide to the Palace of Nestorby Carl William Blegen, Marion Rawson, Jack L. Davis by Carl William Blegen, Marion Rawson, Jack L. Davis (2001)
"The linear b script is the system of writing used by the Mycenaean ... Bath attendants
are among the personnel mentioned in linear b tablets from Pylos. 13. ..."
6. The Temple of Apollo Bassitas by Frederick A. Cooper (1996)
"... propose such an interpretation,283 and by 1 967 I had independently come to
somewhat the same conclusion.284 Epikouros may have links with the linear b ..."
7. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"... or elliptical; late, to 2 in., entire or remotely serrate: petals bright
petioles narrow. yellow to almost white: pods lanceolate to linear, B. ..."
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