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My Linear A & B Blog

The Linear A eBook I published in 2011. Very dry technical reference, but hopefully will become useful as a cross-reference as it evolves. Includes facsimiles of many of the clay tablets from Hagia Triada.

The Linear B data project I'm working on.

At Academia.edu: me

At Quora: me

wikipedia: english version, mostly updating articles that need it while doing archaealogy or linguistics research.

dead and ancient languages interest me

modern languages: english, russian, spanish (all in moderation)

A pithos is a large clay jar. Like so.

A polythyra is a pier-and-door partition. Like so.

Reading to date Information

Ancient History

• Casson, Lionel
  • 1991 The Ancient Mariners

Ancient Egypt & Egyptian

• Casson, Lionel
  • 2001 Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt
• Faulkner, Raymond
  • 1972 A Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian
• Lichteim, Miriam
  • 1973 Ancient Egyptian Literature Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms
• Zauzich, Karl-Theodor
  • 1992 Hieroglyphs without Mystery: An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Writing

Greece & Greek

• Nikolic, Milorad
  • 2011 Mnemosyne Ser. IV Vol. LXIV Fasc. 3 "An Investigation of Vitruvius' Technical Vocabulary Relating to Water Conduits and Pipelines in De. arch. 8.6.6-9: vis spiritus and colluviaria (Re)examined"

Linear A

• Anderson, W. French
  • 1958 American Journal of Archaeology (AJA) vol. 62 "Arithmetical Procedure in Minoan Linear A and in Minoan-Greek Linear B" p. 363-368 review, JSTOR
• Bennett, Emmett Jr.
  • 1950 American Journal of Archaeology (AJA) vol. 54 "Fractional Quantities in Minoan Bookkeeping"
  • 1980 Kadmos vol. 19 "Linear A Fractional Retractation"
• Godart, Louis and Jean-Pierre Olivier
  • Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A (GORILA) vol. 1-5
• Gordon, Glen
  • 2010 "Prefixes in Minoan"
• Hallager, Erik
  • 1996 Aegaeum 14 "The Minoan Roundel and other Sealed Documents in the Neopalatial Linear A Administration"
• Packard, David
  • 1974 Minoan Linear A
• Palmer, Ruth
  • 1995 Politeia "Linear A Commodities: a Comparison of Resources"
• Schoep, Ilse
  • 2002 Suplementos a MINOS no. 17 "The Administration of Neopalatial Crete: A Critical Assessment of the Linear A Tablets and Their Role in the Administrative Process" comments
• Tomas, Helena
  • 2001 Opvscvla Archaeolgica Papers of the Department of Archaeology vol. 25 "The Administration of Haghia Triada"
• Was, Daniël
  • 1981 Kadmos vol. 20 "The land-tenure texts of Hagia Triada"
• Zeke, András
  • Minoan language blog

Linear B

• Aura Jorro, Fracisco
  • 1996 Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. I Philology “El léxico micénico y su evolución al primer milenio: proyecto y metodología” wnxiv.37-38
• Bartonek, Antonín
  • 1996 Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. I Philology “The Mycenaean Language and Dialect” wnxiv.11-21
• Bennett, Emmett L., Jr. and Jean-Pierre Olivier
  • 1976 The Pylos Tablets Transcribed Part II: Hands, Concordances, Indices
  • 1973 The Pylos Tablets Transcribed
• Bernabé, Alberto
  • 1996 Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. I Philology “Estructura del léxico micénico sobre el carro y sus partes” wnxiv.43-44
• Buzalkovska-Aleksova, Margarita
  • 1996 Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. I Philology “Is apocope in Mycenaean Greek possible?” wnxiv.44-49
• Carratelli, Ioannes Pugliese
  • 1964 Documenta Mycenaea
• Chadwick, John
  • 1988 Texts, Tablets and Scribes: Studies in Mycenaean Epigraphy and Economy Offered to Emmett L. Bennett, Jr. (Suplementos a MINOS num. 10) "The Women of Pylos"
• Chadwick, John and Theodoros Spyropoulos
  • 1975 The Thebes Tablets II
• Chadwick, John and Michael Ventris
  • 1973 Documents in Mycenaean Greek
• Davies, Anna Morpurgo
  • 1999 Floreant Studia Mycenaea, Proceedings of the Tenth Mycenaean Colloquium “The Morphology of Personal Names in Mycenaean and Greek: Some Observations”
• del Barrio Vega, M. Luisa
  • 1996 Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. I Philology “Algunas consideraciones sobre los silabogramas complejos” wnxiv.38-43
• Duhoux, Yves and Anna Morpurgo Davies (editors)
  • 2008 A Companion Guide to Linear B: Mycenaean Greek Texts and Their World vol. 1
• Georgiev, Vladimir
  • 1956 Études Mycéniennes Gif-sur-Yvette, 3-7 Avril 1956 “La valeur phonétique de quelques signes du syllabaire Créto-Mycénien B”
• Godart, Louis & Anna Sacconi
  • 1978 Les Tablettes en Lineaire B de Thebes
• Hallager, Erik, Birgitta P. Hallager and Maria Vlasakis
  • 1990 Kadmos 29 "The first Linear B tablet(s) from Khania"
  • 1992 Kadmos 31 "New Linear B tablets from Khania"
• Hart, G.R.
  • 1965 Mnemosyne vol. 18 "The Grouping of Place-Names in the Knossos Tablets"
• Henle, Jane Elizabeth
  • 1953 A Study in Word Structure in Minoan Linear B
• Ilievski, Petar Hr.
  • 1996 Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. I Philology “The Mycenaean Personal Names in -to with regard to the derivatives from verbal adjectives” wnxiv.21-32
• James, Sarah
  • 2002-2003 Minos vol. 37-38 "The Thebes Tablets and the Fq Series: a Contextual Analysis"
• Killen, J.T.
  • 1964 Annual of the British School at Athens (BSA) no. 59 “The Wool Industry of Crete in the Late Bronze Age”
  • 1983 Concilium Eirene XVI “TA and DA” comments
  • 1984 Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici (SMEA) 25 “Last Year's Debts on the Pylos Ma Tablets”
  • 1994-95 Minos 29-30 “A Note on Pylos Tablet Ma 120”
  • 2000-2001 Minos 35-36 "A Note on Pylos Tablet Un 1482"
  • 2000-2001 Minos 35-36 "A Note on Knossos Tablet L 5561"
• Killen, J.T. and Jean-Pierre Olivier
  • 1989 The Knossos Tablets 5th Ed.
• Kober, Alice
  • 1948 American Journal of Archaeology (AJA) vol. 52 "The Minoan Scripts: Fact and Theory"
• Kölligan, Daniel
  • 2000-2001 Minos 35-36 "Myk. qe-re-qo-ta, Alph.-Gr. Τηλεβόλος"
• Leukart, Alex
  • 1987 Tractata Mycenaea “Mycenaean O-NU-KA, O-NU-KE, etc.: A concealed root-compound?” comments
• Levin, Saul
  • 1964 The Linear B Decipherment Re-Examined quotes
• Melena, José
  • 1983 Minos vol. 18 "Olive Oil and Other Sorts of Oil in the Mycenaean Tablets"
  • 2000-2001 Minos 35-36 "24 Joins and Quasi-joins of Fragments in the Linear B Tablets from Pylos"
  • 2000-2001 Minos 35-36 "63 Joins and Quasi-joins of Fragments in the Linear B Tablets from Pylos"
• Mexas, Haris
  • 2011 "Palatalization procedures in Early Greek: The Linear B z-series and the problem of its phonemic value"
• Neuman, Günter
  • 1996 Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. I Philology “Zur schaffung der zeichen *91 TWO und *62 PTE von Linear B” wnxiv.32
• Palaima, Thomas
  • 1996 Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. I Philology “‘Contiguities’ in the Linear B Tablets from Pylos” wnxiv.3-9
• Ruipérez, Martín
  • 1987 Tractata Mycenaea “Subjunctive Forms in Mycenaean Texts” comments
• Shelmerdine, Cynthia
  • 1973 American Journal of Archaeology (AJA) vol. 79 “The Pylos Ma tablets reconsidered”
• van Algen, Peter
  • 1996-1997 Minos vol. 31-32 "The Linear B Inscribed Stirrup Jars as Links in an Administrative Chain"
• Ventris, Michael
  • 1988 Work notes on Minoan language research and other unedited papers
• Walberg, Gisela
  • 1992 Kadmos 31 "A Linear B Inscription from Midea"
• Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz
  • 1992 Kadmos 31 "The Phonetic Value of the Linear B Sign *47"
• Woodard, Roger
  • 1997 Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer: A Linguistic Interpretation of the Origin of the Greek Alphabet and the Continuity of Ancient Greek Literacy

Minoan & Mycenaean Art, Archaeology & History

• AAAC The Aerial Atlas of Ancient Crete
• Begg, D. J. Ian
  • 2004 Hesperia Supplements vol. 33 ΧΑΡΙΣ: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr "An Archaeology of Palatial Mason's Marks on Crete" comments
• Brabander, Sander
  • "Connecting Localities: the relationship between central places and rural settlements in Minoan Crete during the Pre- and Protopalatial periods”
• Dimopoulou, Nota and Yorgos Rethemiotakis
  • 2004 The Ring of Minos (Ministry of Culture Archaeological Receipts Fund)
• Doumas, Christos
  • Santorini: a Guide to the Island and its Archaeological Treasures
• Hood, Sinclair
  • 2002 Cretan Studies vol. 7 'Minoan "Masons' Marks" '
• Jones, Donald
  • 1999 Peak Sanctuaries and Sacred Caves in Minoan Crete
• Lenuzza, Valeria
  • 2005 The Archaeology of Houses and Households in Ancient Crete - papers presented at the international STEGA colloquium, held in Ierapetra, Crete, May 26-28, 2005, Hesperia Suppl. 44, American School of Classical Studies at Athens (K. Glowacki e N. Vogeikoff-Brogan (ed.)) "The whole is a freak”: a reassessment of the spatial organization of the oval house at Chamaizi, Siteia
• O'Flynn, John
  • 1967 Thesis at McGill University "Theatral Areas in Minoan Crete"
• Sakellarakis, Yannis and Efi Sapouna-Sakellarakis
  • Crete: Archanes
• Willetts, R.F.
  • The Civilization of Ancient Crete

Gournia

• Davaras, Costis
  • 1989 Gournia (Ministry of Culture Archaeological Receipts Fund)

Kato Zakros

• Platon, Nicholas
  • Zakros: The Discovery of a Lost Palace of Ancient Crete

Knossos

• Michailidou, Anna
  • 1981 Knossos: a Complete Guide to the Palace of Minos
• Driessen, Jan and Colin MacDonald
  • 1990 Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique Supplément XIX: L'Habitat Égéen Préhistorique "The Storm Drains of Knossos"

Kommos

• Shaw, Joseph W.
  • 2006 Kommos: A Minoan Harbor Town and Greek Sanctuary in Southern Crete
• Shaw, Joseph W., Aleydis van de Moortel, Peter M. Day, and Vassilis Kilikoglou
  • A LM IA Ceramic Kiln in South-Central Crete: Function and Pottery Production (Hesperia Supplement)

Palaikastro

• Devolder, Maud
  • "From the Ground Up: Earth in Minoan Construction. The Case of Building 5 at Palaikastro"
• Hemingway, Seán, J. Alexander MacGillivray and L. Hugh Sackett
  • "The LMIB Renaissance at postdiluvian Pre-Mycenaean Palaikastro"

Petras

• Betancourt, Philip
  • 2010 The Architecture at the Petras Cemetery

Phaistos

• Hadzi-Vallianou, Despina
  • 1989 Phaistos (Ministry of Culture Archaeological Receipts Fund)

Tylissos

• Vasilakis, Antonis
  • 1997 Tylisos

Pattern Recognition

• Korf, Ian, Mark Yandell and Joseph Bedell
  • 2003 BLAST
• Kruskal, Joseph and David Sankoff
  • 1999 Time Warps, String Edits, and Macromolecules: The Theory and Practice of Sequence Comparison

Pirahã language and anthropology

• Everett, Daniel L.
  • 2005 Current Anthropology vol. 46 "Cultural Constraints on Grammar and Cognition in Pirahã"
  • 2008 Don't Sleep, There are Snakes

Roman Art, Archaeology & History

• Hodge, A. Trevor
  • 2002 Roman Aqueducts and Water Supply

Ugaritic

• Segert, Stanislav
  • 1984 A Basic Grammar of the Ugaritic Language

Xenolinguistic Science Fiction (for fun)

• Finch, Sheila
  • 2003 Reading the Bones
  • The Guild of Xenolinguists
• Levine, David 2005 "Tk'Tk'Tk"
• Miéville, China 2011 Embassytown

To Read Information

Egyptian Art, Archaeology & History

• Arnold
  • 1990
  • 1991
• Clarke and Engelbach
  • 1990
• Helck, Wolfgang
  • 1973-4
• Jenkins
  • 1980
• Jones
  • 1988

Minoan & Mycenaean Art, Archaeology, History & Philology

• Cucuzza, Nicola
  • 1991 Sileno vol. 17 “Mason’s Marks at Haghia Triada”
• Graham, J. Walter
  • 1959 American Journal of Archaeology (AJA) vol. 63 "The Residential Quarter of the Minoan Palace"
  • 1960 American Journal of Archaeology (AJA) vol. 64 "Windows, Recesses and the Piano Nobiles in the Minoan Palaces"
• Greenlaw, Cybelle
  • 2011 The Representation of Monkeys in the Art and Thought of Mediterranean Cultures: A new perspective on ancient primates
• Haggis
  • 1999 From Minoan Farmers to Roman Traders Chaniotis (ed) “Staple Finance, Peak Sanctuaries, and Economic Complexity in Late Prepalatial Crete”
• Lejeune, Michel
  • 1961 Revue de philologie (RPh) 35 "Essais de philologie mycénienne VI. Les dérivés en -ter-"
• Manning
  • 1994 Development and decline in the Mediterranean Bronze Age Mathers & Stoddart (eds) “The Emergence of Divergence: Development and Decline on Bronze Age Crete and the Cyclades”
• Parkinson & Galaty
  • 2010 Archaic State Interaction: The Eastern Mediterranean in the Bronze Age
• Shaw, Joseph
  • 2009 Minoan Architecture: Materials and Techniques. Studi di archeologia cretese
  • 1973 Annuario 33 "Minoan Architecture: Materials and Techniques"
• Tsipopoulou
  • 2002 Monuments of Minos: rethinking the Minoan palaces Driessen, Schoep & Laffineur (eds) “Petras, Siteia: The Palace, the Town, the Hinterland and the Protopalatial Background”
• Weingarten, Judith
  • 2000 (TBD; reidentifying stones previously identified as loom- and net-weights)

Linear A

• Valério, Miguel
  • 2007 Kadmos vol. 46 "Diktaian Master: A Minoan Predecessor of Diktaian Zeus in Linear A?"
• Uchitel, A., and M. Finkelberg
  • 1995 SMEA vol. 36 "Some Possible Identifications in the Headings of the Linear A Archives"