Linear B

noun

1. an ancient system of writing representing a very early form of Greek, deciphered by Michael Ventris chiefly from clay tablets found at Knossos on Crete and at Pylos.

Linear B

noun

1. an ancient system of writing, apparently a modified form of Linear A, found on clay tablets and jars of the second millennium bc The earliest excavated examples, dating from about 1400, came from Knossos, in Crete, but all the later finds are at Pylos and Mycenae on the Greek mainland, dating from the 14th–12th centuries. The script is generally accepted as being an early representation of Mycenaean Greek

Word History and Origins

Origin of Linear B¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

The deciphering of Linear B solved a slew of mysteries in a single stroke.

From The Daily Beast

As Margalit Fox says at the outset of The Riddle of the Labyrinth, the story of Linear B is well known.

From The Daily Beast