Linear B
A system of writing found on clay tablets at Mycenaean palace sites. Deciphered in the 1950s by Michael Ventris, it is (unlike Linear A) an early form of Greek.
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| Linear B | ||
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| Type: | Syllabic with additional logographic signs | |
| Languages: | Mycenaean | |
| Time period: | ||
| Parent writing systems: |
Perhaps Linear A Linear B |
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| Unicode range: |
U+10000–U+1007F syllabic signs U+10080–U+100FF logograms |
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| ISO 15924 code: | Linb | |
| -a | -e | -i | -o | -u |
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