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The decipherment: people, process, challenges
- Author(s):
- Anna P. Judson (see profile)
- Date:
- 2017
- Group(s):
- Archaeology, Classical Philology and Linguistics
- Subject(s):
- Antiquities, Prehistoric, Europe--Aegean Sea Region, Greek language, Mediterranean Region, History, Bronze age, Language and languages--Writing
- Item Type:
- Book chapter
- Tag(s):
- Aegean Bronze Age, Decipherment, Linear B, Mycenaean Greek, writing system, Aegean prehistoric archaeology, Late Bronze Age Mediterranean, Writing systems
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/wc7m-4k45
- Abstract:
- This chapter explains the process by which the Linear B writing system was deciphered and shown to record a form of the Greek language, discussing the contributions of Emmett L Bennett, Alice E. Kober, Michael Ventris, and John Chadwick.
- Notes:
- Chapter from a catalogue of an exhibition held at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, October 2017 - February 2018
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Book chapter
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 3 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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