File:NAMA Linear B tablet of Pylos.jpg
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English: Clay tablet (PY Ub 1318) inscribed with Linear B script, from the Mycenaean palace of Pylos. This piece contains information on the distribution of bovine, pig and deer hides to shoe and saddle-makers. Linear B was the earliest Greek writing, dating from 1450 BC, an adaptation of the earlier Minoan Linear A script. The script is made up of 90 syllabic signs, ideograms and numbers. This and other tablets were fortuitously preserved when they were baked in the fire that destroyed the palace around 1200 BC. It is on display at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
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| current | 03:01, 23 August 2009 | 2,146 × 955 (2.14 MB) | Flickr upload bot | Uploaded from http://flickr.com/photo/38315261@N00/3404411248 using Flickr upload bot |
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