A Linear B Military Tablet from Mycenae dealing with boar’s tusk helmets:This tablet is one of those rarities of rarities, a Linear B tablet from Mycenae, where so few tablets h ave been unearthed, in spite of the fact that it was the major military centre of the Mycenaean Empire. Unfortunately, so much of the text on this tablet is illegible that it is very difficult to make much sense of it. Most of the vocabulary cannot even be found in the excellent Linear B Lexicon by Chris Tselentis. But I have done my best! Richard
A Linear B Military Tablet from Mycenae dealing with boar’s tusk helmets
Sappho, spelled (in the dialect spoken by the poet) Psappho, (born c. 610, Lesbos, Greece — died c. 570 BCE). A lyric poet greatly admired in all ages for the beauty of her writing style.
Her language contains elements from Aeolic vernacular and poetic tradition, with traces of epic vocabulary familiar to readers of Homer. She has the ability to judge critically her own ecstasies and grief, and her emotions lose nothing of their force by being recollected in tranquillity.
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2 responses to “A Linear B Military Tablet from Mycenae dealing with boar’s tusk helmets”
WOW ! What a difficult one Richard. I never would have worked that one out. Great work on your part !!
Well, it IS from Mycenae, and to tell the truth, the few tablets I have seen from there tend to be decidedly weird.