Mycenaean Greek

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Mycenaean_Greek
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf proto-language
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Thebes
gptkb:Knossos
gptkb:Mycenae
gptkb:Pylos
gptkb:Tiryns
gptkbp:decipheredBy 1952
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Michael_Ventris
gptkbp:era c. 16th–12th century BCE
gptkbp:extinct yes
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Ancient_Greek
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mycenaean Greek
gptkbp:ISO639-3 gmy
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Indo-European
gptkbp:notableFeature mainly administrative texts
no literature survived
oldest attested form of Greek
syllabic script
written only in Linear B
gptkbp:notableFor cuneiform tablets
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Proto-Greek
gptkbp:region gptkb:Crete
gptkb:Greece
gptkbp:script gptkb:Linear_B
gptkbp:status extinct
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Hellenic
gptkbp:supportsLanguage gmy
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Mycenaean_civilization
gptkbp:usedFor administrative records
economic records
religious records
gptkbp:writingMaterial clay tablets
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Linear_B
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4