• Linear B tablet



Linear B tablet
Linear B tablet

Linear B tablet

Π-Ν730
Clay
Fragmentary, broken at both ends.
Maximum length: 6 cm. Height: 2.7 cm.
Knossos
Palace
Late Bronze Age. Final Palatial period, Late Minoan ΙΙΙΑ2 period.:
1375-1300 BC:
Gallery:
XXI
Case:
207
Exhibition thematic unit:
Late Bronze Age - Final Palatial period (1450-1300 BC). The Knossos monopalatial system
Economy and administration. Linear B script. Writing and administration
Description
Fragmentary palm-leaf tablet recording a quantity of an unknown commodity using units of weight and numerals. It includes the highest unit of the Minoan system of weights, the “talent”, which is represented by logogram *118, a stylised picture of a pair of scales. Similar metal scales have been found in various excavations.
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, 99 (tablet Oa 730). Montecchi, B. "An updating note on Minoan fractions, measures, and weights." Annali del'Istituto Italiano di Numismatica 59 (2013), 9-26.
Author:
G. F.


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