Undeciphered Signs of Linear B - Interpretation and Scribal Practices

Ground-breaking analysis of the Linear B undeciphered signs shedding light on the writing system and the activities of its writers.

Sommario

1. The (ongoing) decipherment of Linear B; 2. Identifying 'missing' values in the Linear B syllabary; 3. The undeciphered signs inherited from Linear A; 4. The undeciphered signs with no certain Linear A correspondences; 5. Exploring the potential of palaeography with the undeciphered signs; Conclusions; Appendix: corpus of attestations of the undeciphered signs.

Info autore

Anna P. Judson is a Research Fellow in Classics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Her Ph.D. thesis on the undeciphered signs of Linear B won the University of Cambridge's Hare Prize for the best Classics thesis. She is now researching the writing practices of the Mycenaean scribes.

Riassunto

Provides valuable insights into the development and use of the Linear B writing system and important methodological advances in investigating the Linear B texts' chronology and the activities of their writers. Of value to classicists, Mycenaean Greek archaeologists, and linguists working on writing systems.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Anna P Judson, Anna P. Judson, Anna P. (Gonville and Caius College Judson
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781108494724
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49472-4
• Pagine: 372
• Serie: Cambridge Classical Studies
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare > Materiali per università popolare / materiali per corsi di lingua; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Ancient Greece, Language: history & general works, Historical & comparative linguistics, Archaeology by period / region, bronze age, Palaeography (History Of Writing), BCE to c 500 CE, Language: history and general works, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, c 2000 to c 1000 BCE, Historical and comparative linguistics, Palaeography, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Ancient Languages