Documents in Mycenaean Greek
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Reprint, 5/8/2015
EAN 9781107503410, ISBN10: 1107503418
Paperback, 488 pages, 25 x 19 x 3.5 cm
Language: English
In their 1953 book, Documents in Mycenaean Greek, Michael Ventris (1922–56) and John Chadwick (1920–98) demonstrated that the previously mysterious script Linear B was, in fact, a syllabic form of written Greek, thereby revolutionizing ancient history and linguistics. In this second edition, originally published in 1973, Chadwick examines how the study of the subject has expanded since 1953 and includes some of the material discovered since the initial publication. This book continues to be a valuable part of Classical scholarship and will be of interest to Classicists of every discipline.
List of illustrations
Preface
Foreword A. J. B. Wace
Part I. Script, Language and Culture
1. Discovery and decipherment
2. The Mycenaean writing system
3. The Mycenaean language
4. The personal names
5. The evidence of the tablets
Part II. Selected Tablets
Explanatory notes on the presentation
6. Lists of personnel
7. Livestock and agricultural produce
8. Land ownership and land use
9. Proportional tribute and ritual offerings
10. Textiles, vessels and furniture
11. Metals and military equipment
Part III. Appendix I. Mycenaean vocabulary
Appendix II. Index of personal names
Bibliography
General index
Tablet concordances.