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Clay Linear B tablet

Π-Ν91
Clay
Mended and restored.
Height: 17 cm. Width: 8.7 cm. Thickness 2.2 cm.
Knossos
Palace, Room of the Column Bases or Corridor of the Sword Tablets
Late Bronze Age. Final Palatial period, Late Minoan IΙΙA2 period.:
1375-1300 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. Writing and administration
Description
Page tablet inscribed on both sides. It records men including the official of the peripheral administration with the title of “basileus” (qa-si-re-u). On the back of the tablet is a summary.
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, 150-151 (tablet As(2) 1517).
Author:
G. F.


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