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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
Posted in Hypotheses & Theories, Inscriptions, Media, Publications
Tagged ebooks, Hagia Triada, Helena Tomas, Hubert La Marle, John Thorley, John Younger, kiminoa, Linear A
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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
Posted in Hypotheses & Theories, Inscriptions, People, Publications
Tagged A317, A323, A344, AB91, Günter Neumann, HT31, HT96, larnakes, larnax, Linear A, Linear B
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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
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
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
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
Posted in Archaeology, Art, Hypotheses & Theories, Publications
Tagged Andras Zeke, Arkhanes, Demeter, harvest, kiminoa, Nota Dimopoulou, Ring of Minos, signet ring, Yorgos Rethemiotakis
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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
Posted in Archaeology, Inscriptions
Tagged KN B 8333, Knossos, Linear B, Manchester Museum, University of Manchester
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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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Tagged Linear B, linguistics, Mycenaean, SMID, University of Texas
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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
Posted in Archaeology, Hypotheses & Theories, Inscriptions, Publications
Tagged Cyprus, D.J. Ian Begg, Egypt, Gournia, Hagia Triada, Knossos, Malia, mason marks, Minoa, Oliver Pelon, Phaistos
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