Mycenaean pottery amphora with a linear B sign, 1250 -1180 BC . Mycenae archaeological site Museum, Greece. Linear B is a syllabic script that was use

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Mycenaean pottery amphora with a linear B sign, 1250 -1180 BC . Mycenae archaeological site Museum, Greece. Linear B is a syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of Greek. Linear B consists of around 87 syllabic signs and over 100 ideographic signs. These ideograms or "signifying" signs symbolize objects or commodities so it is likely that the linear B symbols depicts the contents that the amphora was filled with. The application of Linear B appears to have been confined to administrative contexts.

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Size: 6622px × 9000px
Location: Mycenae Archaeological Site Museum
Photo credit: © funkyfood London - Paul Williams / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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