Cover 1
Title page 5
Copyright page 6
Contents 7
List of Figures 10
List of Tables 12
Acknowledgements 13
Citations of Texts 15
Transcription Conventions 17
Notes on Images and Fonts 18
List of Abbreviations 19
1 The (Ongoing) Decipherment of Linear B 23
1.1 Introduction 23
1.2 The History of the Decipherment 27
1.3 Writing Greek in Linear B 34
1.4 Linear B’s Origins and Relationships with Other Writing Systems 42
1.4.1 Linear A 45
1.4.2 Cretan Hieroglyphic 49
1.4.3 Cypro-Minoan and the Cypriot Syllabary 51
1.5 Decipherment Methodologies since 1952 53
2 Identifying ‘Missing’ Values in the Linear B Syllabary 58
2.1 Methodology 58
2.2 Missing ‘Core’ Values 62
2.3 Missing ‘Extra’ Values 65
2.3.1 /hV/: = /ha/ 66
2.3.2 Diphthongs 69
2.3.3 Aspirated stops: pu2 𐁆 = /phu/ 76
2.3.4 CwV signs 81
2.3.5 CyV signs 94
2.3.6 CCV signs: pte 𐁇 104
2.4 Other Possible Types of Values 108
2.4.1 Greek phonemic values not otherwise distinguished by the writing system 108
2.4.2 Other Greek consonant clusters 109
2.4.3 Non-Greek values 111
2.5 Conclusions 113
2.5.1 Values of the undeciphered signs 113
2.5.2 Linear A and Minoan 115
2.5.3 Linear B inventions and use of signs 116
3 The Undeciphered Signs Inherited from Linear A 118
3.1 *65 𐀎 120
3.2 *56 𐁖419 134
3.3 *22 𐁒472 145
3.4 *34 𐁓503 150
3.5 *47 𐁔 157
3.6 *49 𐁕 160
3.7 *82 𐁚 162
3.8 *79 𐁙 167
3.9 *86 𐁜 170
3.10 Conclusions 172
4 The Undeciphered Signs with No Certain Linear A Correspondences 173
4.1 Signs with Possible Correspondences in the Earlier Cretan Writing Systems 173
4.1.1 *18 𐁐 173
4.1.2 *19 𐁑 177
4.2 Signs without Possible Linear A or Cretan Hieroglyphic Correspondences 183
4.2.1 *63 𐁗 183
4.2.2 *64 𐁘 187
4.2.3 *83 𐁛 191
4.3 Conclusions 194
5 Exploring the Potential of Palaeography with the Undeciphered Signs 197
5.1 Introduction to Palaeographic Analysis 197
5.2 Summary of Palaeographic Variation of the Undeciphered Signs 201
5.3 Intra-site Palaeographic Variation 203
5.3.1 Pylos 203
5.3.2 Thebes 217
5.3.3 Mycenae 220
5.3.4 Knossos 221
5.4 235
5.5 Palaeography and Chronology 237
5.5.1 Knossian chronology 237
5.5.2 Inter-site chronological comparisons 243
Conclusions 259
Appendix Corpus of Attestations of the Undeciphered Signs 263
Bibliography 312
Index of Words 354
Index of Texts 361
General Index 371

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