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The Clay Tablets of Hagia Triada eBook – revision 1 now available

The 2012 revision of Minoan Linear A: The Clay Tablets of Hagia Triada is now available! If you have already purchased a digital copy of the book, watch for an email from Amazon announcing availability of an update or go … Continue reading

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Linear B AB17: za is ka2?

za … or ka2? I was surprised to recently discover a new phonetic value proposed for the above symbol by Palmer (1980) and del Barrio Vega (1996 publication from 1991 conference proceedings), traditionally transliterated as “za”. The original value “za” … Continue reading

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Acrophonic Abbreviation for *91 two

Linear B TWO normalized Günter Neumann put forward a hypothesis that caught my eye at the 2nd International Congress of Mycenology in 1991, which was published in Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. 1 Filologia in … Continue reading

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Pylos Linear B Inscriptions Digitized

The ~1,000 Linear B inscriptions from Pylos have now been digitized. The Pylos transliterations: http://minoan.deaditerranean.com/linear-b-transliterations/pylos/ Searching, browsing and contributing to the ~5,000 Linear B transliterations now available: http://minoan.deaditerranean.com/linear-b-transliterations/ PY Ng 319

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Minoan Larnakes

Photos of the clay coffins of Minoan Crete, from the archaeological museums at Arkhanes, Siteia and Agios Nikolaos. Collection of Minoan Larnakes Photographs Agios Nikolaos Archaeological Museum, Crete Arkhanes Archaeological Museum, Crete

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Photos from Phaistos

I finally finished uploading the 510 photos from my trip to Phaistos, Crete. :) http://www.flickr.com/photos/kiminoa/sets/72157627694908941/ Theatre Magazines filled with Interesting Stone-crafted Finds

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The Ring of Minos

The Ring of Minos (1600 – 1450 BCE), Iraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete “It is a truism in archaeology that religious interpretations are often assigned to artifacts that are otherwise as yet inexplicable [...]” – D.J. Ian Begg Signet rings are … Continue reading

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A Linear B tablet fragment in Manchester

For those of you in the UK, I just confirmed with the Manchester Museum at the University of Manchester that, in their Mediterranean Gallery, there is a Linear B tablet fragment on permanent display: KN B 8333. http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/ If any … Continue reading

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Studies in Mycenaean Inscriptions and Dialect (SMID)

http://smid.class.utexas.edu This is a searchable index of articles written on Linear A and B. We can, for instance, enter in “e-ne-wo-pe-za” to the search, and it will give back the current index of published articles that discuss e-ne-wo-pe-za. This is … Continue reading

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“An Archaeology of Palatial Mason’s Marks on Crete” by D. J. Ian Begg

This volume (33) of Hesperia Supplements includes an excellent article by D. J. Ian Begg reviewing the present study and understanding of the context and interpretation of Minoan “mason’s marks”. For anyone who is curious about the marks incised in … Continue reading

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