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Clay Linear B tablet

Π-Ν234 + Π-Ν162
Clay
Mended
Length: 11.2 cm. Height: 3.75 cm.
Knossos
Palace, Room of the Chariot Tablets
Late Bronze Age. Final Palatial period, Late Minoan IΙΙA2 period.:
1400-1375 BC:
Gallery:
IX
Case:
95
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Final Palatial period (1450-1300 BC). The Knossos monopalatial system
Economy and administration. Linear B script. Economic data
Description
Palm-leaf tablet recording a total of 10,000 sheep on the front and more than 9,000 sows on the back. Approximately 100,000 sheep and the shepherds or overseers of the flocks are recorded in the archives at our disposal. The meticulous documentation of sheep farming, even in remote regions such as West Crete, was necessary to the success of this vital cloth-making sector.
Bibliography:
Chadwick, J., Godart, L., Killen, J.T., Olivier, J.P., Sacconi, A., Sakellarakis, I.A. Corpus of Mycenaean Inscriptions from Knossos, Volume I (1-1063). Cambridge University Press- Edizioni dell’Ateneo, Rome, 1986, 162 (tablet Ce 162). Driessen, J. The Scribes of the Room of the Chariot Tablets at Knossos: Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of a Linear B deposit. Minos Suppl. 15. Salamanca. Firth, R.J. and C. Skelton. "A study of the scribal hands of Knossos based on phylogenetic methods and find-place analysis." Minos 39 (2016): 189-213.
Author:
G. F.


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