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Linear B

Linear B is a syllabic script that was used for writing in Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of the Greek language. The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries, the earliest known examples dating to around 1450 BC.

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Direction
Left-to-right
Languages
Mycenaean Greek
Parent systems
Linear B
Period
c. 1450–1200 BC
Script type
Syllabary with additional ideograms
Sister systems
Cypro-Minoan syllabary

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Linear B

Nodes110
Edges109
Triples241
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018182
Components1

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Linear B

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related to External links · 82
Linear B → Aegean, Alice, Ancient, April, Archive, Archived, Aurora, Austin, Beautiful, Cincinnati, CNR, Consiglio Nazionale, Dag Trygve Truslew, Dartmouth CollegeDel Freo, Database, David, Deaditerranean, Decipherment, Di Filippo, DĀMOS
related to Michael Ventris's identification as Greek · 37
Linear B → After, American Journal, Among, Ancient Greek, Archaeology, Arthur Evans, At, Athens, BBC Radio, Bennett's, British School, Burlington House, Chadwick, Crete, Evans's, Germany, Greek, Greek-speaking Minoan-Mycenaean, His, Homer
related to Early attempts · 27
Linear B → Also, April, Australian, Basque, Bedřich Hrozný, Clue, Cretan, Cretan Scripts, Despite, Essai, Florence Stawell, French, Gordon, Gordon's Through Basque, His Minoan, Hittite, Homeric Greek, Hrozny, In, Les Inscriptions Crétoises
related to Script · 18
Linear B → After, Bennett Jr, CIPEM, Colloquia, Comité International Permanent, Emmett, Linear, Many, Mycenaean Studies, Mycéniennes, Paris, Permanent International Committee, Racine, The, UNESCO, Wingspread Conference Center, Wingspread Convention, Wisconsin
related to Emmett L. Bennett's transcription conventions · 14
Linear B → Alice Kober, Bennett, Bennett Jr, Emmett, He, His, Knossos, Like Kober, Linear, Michael Ventris, Pylos, The, The Pylos Tablets, Working
related to Alice Kober's triplets · 9
Linear B → About, Alice Kober, Because, However, Indo-European, Kober, Kober's, Linear, This
related to Ancient Greece · 8
Linear B → Agesilaus II, BC, Egyptian, For, Linear, Plutarch, Spartan, The Greeks
related to Unicode · 8
Linear B → Aegean Numbers, April, Ideograms, Linear, Syllabary, The Linear, The Unicode, Unicode Standard
see also · 8
Linear B → Aegean, AOld European, Greek, Labyrinth, Linear, Minoan, Riddle, Ta
related to Contents · 4
Linear B → As, Linear, The, Wool

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linear tablets signs greek script knossos ventris mycenaean ideograms evans used crete found writing number also language pylos phonetic two

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Linear BDirectionLeft-to-right1.00infobox
Linear BISO 15924.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}Linb (401), ​Linear B1.00infobox
Linear BLanguagesMycenaean Greek1.00infobox
Linear BParent systemsLinear B1.00infobox
Linear BPeriodc. 1450–1200 BC1.00infobox
Linear BScript typeSyllabary with additional ideograms1.00infobox
Linear BSister systemsCypro-Minoan syllabary1.00infobox
Linear BStatusExtinct1.00infobox
Linear BUnicode aliasLinear B1.00infobox
Linear BUnicode rangeU+10000–U+1007F (syllabary)1.00infobox
Linear BUnicode rangeU+10080–U+100FF (ideograms)1.00infobox
Linear Bis asyllabic script that was used for writing in Mycenaean Greek0.90text

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