Documents in Mycenaean Greek (Second Edition)

by: Ventris, M. Chadwick, J.

Price: 195,00 EURO

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Documents in Mycenaean Greek

Authors:John Chadwick (Author), Michael Ventris, A. J. B. Wace

Summary:This work demonstrates that the previously mysterious script Linear B is, in fact, a syllabic form of written Greek, a finding that was to revolutionise ancient history and linguistics, when it was originally published in 1953. This second edition, originally published in 1973, also examines how the study of the subject had expanded as a result of that finding and includes some of the material discovered since the initial publication

xxxiv, 622 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Contents:
List of illustrations; Preface; Foreword A. J. B. Wace; Part I. Script, Language and Culture: 1. Discovery and decipherment; 2. The Mycenaean writing system; 3. The Mycenaean language; 4. The personal names; 5. The evidence of the tablets; Part II. Selected Tablets: Explanatory notes on the presentation; 6. Lists of personnel; 7. Livestock and agricultural produce; 8. Land ownership and land use; 9. Proportional tribute and ritual offerings; 10. Textiles, vessels and furniture; 11. Metals and military equipment; Part III. Appendix I. Mycenaean vocabulary; Appendix II. Index of personal names; Bibliography; General index; Tablet concordances.

Documents in Mycenaean Greek (Second Edition)

by: Ventris, M. Chadwick, J.

• ISBN-13: 9780521085588 / 978-0-521-08558-8
• ISBN-03: 0521085586 / 0-521-08558-6
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1973

Price: 195,00 EURO

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