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Linear B

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Also known as Linear B Script, Linb

ancient syllabary for Mycenaean Greek used ca. 1400 BCE – 1200 BCE

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Linear B is an ancient writing system used to write Mycenaean Greek roughly between 1400 and 1200 BCE. It matters because it provides crucial evidence of one of the earliest forms of the Greek language and helps scholars understand the civilization that preceded classical Greece.

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
Aegean scripts
Follows
Linear A
Based on
Linear A
Image
NAMA Linear B tablet of Pylos.jpg
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Commons category
Linear B
discoverer or inventor
Arthur Evans
language of work or name
Mycenaean Greek
Unicode range
U+10100-1013F
name
linéaire B
end time
1200-00-00
inception
1450-00-00
topic's main category
Category:Linear B
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