Heraklion Archaeological Museum - CollectiveAccess System : Tablets : Clay Linear B tablet [Π-Ν87]

Writing in Ancient Crete ➔ Clay Linear B tablet

Π-Ν87

Clay

Mended and restored. Broken in places.

Height: 26.5 cm. Width: 16 cm. Thickness 2.9 cm.

Knossos

Palace, Pillar Hall

Late Bronze Age. Final Palatial period, Late Minoan IΙΙA2 period.:

1375-1300 BC:

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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

The largest Linear B page tablet from Knossos, on which at least 67 men are recorded under headings denoting administrative districts. These are the districts of the Knossian official bearing the title ra-wa-ke-ta, who was second only to the king, and of local officials with the rank of “basileus” (qa-si-re-u) at the place named se-to-i-ja and another region whose name has been lost. The text is arranged in 24 lines about a centimetre high. The syntax is simple, as each male name is followed by the logogram for “man” and the number 1.

Bibliography:

Chadwick, J., Godart, L., Killen, J.T., Olivier, J.P., Sacconi, A., Sakellarakis, I.A. Corpus of Mycenaean Inscriptions from Knossos, Volume II (1064-4495). Cambridge University Press- Edizioni dell’Ateneo, 1990, 148-149 (tablet As(2) 1516). Carlier, P. "La societa Micenea." In M. Del Freo, and M. Perna (eds), Manuale di epigrafia micene: Introduzione allo studio dei testi in Lineare B, Padova, 2016, 657-676.

Author:

G. F.

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