Linear B inscriptions
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Linear B inscriptions are ancient clay tablet writings using the Linear B script that record administrative and economic activities in Mycenaean Greek palatial centers.
All labels observed (9)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T282175 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linear B inscriptions Context triple: [Mycenae and Tiryns, hasMaterialCulture, Linear B inscriptions]
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A.
Pyrgi Tablets
The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
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Ugaritic alphabet
The Ugaritic alphabet is an ancient cuneiform script used in the city of Ugarit to write the Ugaritic language, notable as one of the earliest known alphabetic writing systems.
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Phoenician alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet is an ancient consonantal writing system developed by the Phoenician civilization that became the ancestor of most major modern alphabets, including Greek, Latin, and Arabic.
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D.
Lepontic alphabet
The Lepontic alphabet is an ancient writing system used by the Lepontic Celts in the Alpine region, derived from and closely related to the Old Italic scripts.
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E.
Ogham script
Ogham script is an early medieval alphabet primarily used to write the early Irish language, consisting of linear strokes carved along the edges of stones and wood.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Linear B inscriptions Target entity description: Linear B inscriptions are ancient clay tablet writings using the Linear B script that record administrative and economic activities in Mycenaean Greek palatial centers.
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A.
Pyrgi Tablets
The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
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B.
Ugaritic alphabet
The Ugaritic alphabet is an ancient cuneiform script used in the city of Ugarit to write the Ugaritic language, notable as one of the earliest known alphabetic writing systems.
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C.
Phoenician alphabet
The Phoenician alphabet is an ancient consonantal writing system developed by the Phoenician civilization that became the ancestor of most major modern alphabets, including Greek, Latin, and Arabic.
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D.
Lepontic alphabet
The Lepontic alphabet is an ancient writing system used by the Lepontic Celts in the Alpine region, derived from and closely related to the Old Italic scripts.
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E.
Ogham script
Ogham script is an early medieval alphabet primarily used to write the early Irish language, consisting of linear strokes carved along the edges of stones and wood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological artifact
ⓘ
inscription corpus ⓘ primary historical source ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Mycenaean civilization ⓘ |
| cataloguedIn |
Linear B inscriptions
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Corpus of Mycenaean Inscriptions from Knossos
Linear B inscriptions self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Corpus of Mycenaean Inscriptions from Pylos
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| chronology | Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| coDecipherer | John Chadwick ⓘ |
| contentType |
landholding records
ⓘ
lists of commodities ⓘ offerings to deities ⓘ personnel rosters ⓘ ration allocations ⓘ |
| dateFrom | circa 1450 BCE ⓘ |
| dateTo | circa 1200 BCE ⓘ |
| decipheredBy | Michael Ventris ⓘ |
| deciphermentDate | 1952 ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | archaeologists ⓘ |
| earliestGreekWriting | true ⓘ |
| foundAtSite |
Chania
ⓘ
surface form:
Chania (Kydonia, Crete)
Knossos ⓘ Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ
surface form:
Mycenae
Pylos ⓘ Thebes ⓘ
surface form:
Thebes (Boeotia)
Mycenae and Tiryns ⓘ
surface form:
Tiryns
|
| foundInCountry | Greece ⓘ |
| function |
palatial bureaucracy management
ⓘ
redistributive economy administration ⓘ |
| influenceOnField |
study of Mycenaean economy
ⓘ
study of early Greek language ⓘ |
| language | Mycenaean Greek ⓘ |
| material | clay ⓘ |
| medium | clay tablets ⓘ |
| notableDiscoverer | Arthur Evans ⓘ |
| preservationMethod | accidental firing in palace destructions ⓘ |
| region |
Aegean Sea
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surface form:
Aegean
|
| relatedScript | Linear A ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Aegean scripts ⓘ |
| scriptType | syllabic script ⓘ |
| use |
accounting document
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administrative record ⓘ economic record ⓘ |
| writingSystemFeature |
logographic signs
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numerical signs ⓘ syllabograms ⓘ |
| writingTool | stylus ⓘ |
| writtenInScript |
Linear B
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surface form:
Linear B script
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Input
Subject: Linear B inscriptions Description of subject: Linear B inscriptions are ancient clay tablet writings using the Linear B script that record administrative and economic activities in Mycenaean Greek palatial centers.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Linear B script
this entity surface form:
Linear B script
this entity surface form:
Linear B tablets
this entity surface form:
Corpus of Mycenaean Inscriptions from Knossos
this entity surface form:
Corpus of Mycenaean Inscriptions from Pylos
this entity surface form:
Linear B tablets
this entity surface form:
Linear B tablets
this entity surface form:
Linear B archives
this entity surface form:
Knossos Linear B tablets
this entity surface form:
Documents in Mycenaean Greek
this entity surface form:
Documents in Mycenaean Greek
this entity surface form:
Mycenaean inscriptions
this entity surface form:
Linear B tablets
this entity surface form:
Linear B tablets