The Undeciphered Signs of Linear B

Judson, Anna P.

doi:10.1017/9781108859745

2020

DOI: 10.1017/9781108859745

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The Undeciphered Signs of Linear B

Anna P. Judson

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“…9Godart (2012); Olivier (2012). On the complexity of the distribution of palaeographic variants across these classes see Judson (2020b) 181–95.…”

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Learning to Spell in Linear B: Orthography and Scribal Training in Mycenaean Pylos

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2022

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This article analyses orthographic variation in the Linear B tablets from the Mycenaean palace of Pylos. Despite the general consistency in spelling found in Linear B texts from all sites, variation was in certain cases both permissible and entirely normal, even within the work of a single writer. Examining the patterns of orthographic variation found in the texts from Pylos, along with the factors which may have influenced this variation, sheds light on how the Mycenaean scribes were taught to write and how they applied this training in the process of creating their documents.

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“…9Godart (2012); Olivier (2012). On the complexity of the distribution of palaeographic variants across these classes see Judson (2020b) 181–95.…”

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“…Note, however, that the levels of certainty of the etymological interpretations of these examples vary considerably: for difficulties with some of these examples and some alternative explanations see e.g. Petrakis (2016) 76–7, 84 n. 98, 95–7; Judson (2020b) 63–4.…”

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Learning to Spell in Linear B: Orthography and Scribal Training in Mycenaean Pylos

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2022

Camb. class. j.

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Imagining Cretan Scripts: The Influence of Visual Motifs on the Creation of Script-Signs in Bronze Age Crete

Salgarella

2021

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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What's in a sign? What is there to be ‘seen’ in a sign? This paper sets out to explore the sources and processes of sign creation in the scripts of the Bronze Age Aegean, namely Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A, in use on Crete from c. 1900–1600 bce (Middle Minoan IB/II–Middle Minoan III) and c. 1800–1450 bce (Middle Minoan IIA–Late Minoan IB) respectively. Linear B, developed out of Linear A to write Greek (c. 1450–1190 bce), will also be touched upon where relevant. By investigating contemporary iconographic production and putting forward a methodological framework for the analysis and interpretation of visual motifs, a theory will be tentatively proposed for understanding the process(es) of selection of sign shapes, their incorporation into a script as script-signs and their transmission from one script onto a graphically related one. The underlying research questions leading this enquiry are the following: how did ‘images’ find their way into script(s) to become ‘signs’ in the Aegean context? Are we able to reconstruct such a process to shed light on the origin of script-signs?

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Orthographic variation as evidence for the development of the Linear B writing system

Judson

2019

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This paper investigates the issue of orthographic variation in the Linear B writing system in order to explore ways in which studying a writing system’s orthographic conventions may shed light on the history of its development. Linear B was used in the palatial/administrative centres of Late Bronze Age Greece and Crete (c.1400–1200 B.C.E.) and records an early Greek dialect known as ‘Mycenaean’. The writing system’s structure and orthographic conventions permit flexibility in the spelling of particular phonological sequences: this paper discusses the varying orthographic representation of such sequences and shows that synchronic variation is common or even the norm in many cases. Investigating the factors which underlie this variation demonstrates the potential for a study of synchronic variation to illuminate a writing system’s diachronic development; it also underlines the importance of analysing the ways in which writers actually choose to use writing systems in order to fully understand their development.

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The Undeciphered Signs of Linear B

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Learning to Spell in Linear B: Orthography and Scribal Training in Mycenaean Pylos

Learning to Spell in Linear B: Orthography and Scribal Training in Mycenaean Pylos

Imagining Cretan Scripts: The Influence of Visual Motifs on the Creation of Script-Signs in Bronze Age Crete

Orthographic variation as evidence for the development of the Linear B writing system

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