Linear B script

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Linear_B_script
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Writer
gptkbp:art_style left to right
gptkbp:associated_with palatial administration
gptkbp:consists_of syllabic signs
gptkbp:contains logograms
gptkbp:developed_by gptkb:Linear_A_script
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:Knossos
gptkbp:example syllabic writing
gptkbp:first_appearance gptkb:Michael_Ventris
gptkbp:first_introduced around 1450 BC
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Linear B script
gptkbp:is_found_in gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkbp:language gptkb:Mycenaean_Greek
gptkbp:number_of_logograms about 200 logograms
gptkbp:number_of_signs about 87 syllabic signs
gptkbp:preserved_by tablets
gptkbp:related_to ancient Greek scripts
gptkbp:significance earliest form of Greek writing
gptkbp:time_period gptkb:Bronze_Age
gptkbp:used_by gptkb:Mycenaean_Greeks
gptkbp:used_for record keeping
gptkbp:used_in economic transactions
around 1200 BC
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:King_of_Mycenae
gptkb:Mycenaean_Greece
gptkb:Mycenaean_civilization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5