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A linear script is a script that is produced through linear writing, such as the Latin script (as opposed to Braille, Morse code, semaphore, finger-spelling, etc.), or, more specifically, Linear A of Crete
Linear B is a syllabic script that was used for writing in Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of the Greek language. [1] The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries, the earliest known examples dating to around 1450 BC.
Linear A was the primary script used in palace and religious writings of the Minoan civilization. It evolved into Linear B , which was used by the Mycenaeans to write an early form of Greek . It was discovered by the archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans in 1900.
Michael George Francis Ventris, OBE (/ ˈ v ɛ n t r ɪ s /; 12 July 1922 – 6 September 1956) was an English architect, classicist and philologist who deciphered Linear B, [1] the ancient Mycenaean Greek script. A student of languages, Ventris had pursued decipherment as a personal vocation since his adolescence.
Yves Duhoux has used the relative success with which PY Ta 641 renders a text with a high "social level" (that is, a rich, specialised vocabulary) as evidence for the flexibility of the Linear B script, and its suitability for much longer texts with broader functions than the accounting notes preserved in the surviving tablets.
Alice Elizabeth Kober (December 23, 1906 – May 16, 1950) was an American classicist best known for her work on the decipherment of Linear B.Educated at Hunter College and Columbia University, Kober taught classics at Brooklyn College from 1930 until her death.
"11.2.11 Linear A script", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58, 2012-01-03 ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names References
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