Title: Scripta Minoa, the Written Documents of Minoan Crete, Vol 2 With Special Reference to the Archives of Knossos Classic Reprint
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Publication Date: 2018
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1528063600
ISBN 13: 9781528063609
Binding: HRD
Condition: New
Weight: 588 grams

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Synopsis

Unlock the story of Crete’s writing systems and their ancient calls to commerce, law, and daily life.

This volume surveys Minoan scripts, from early linear signs to the palace archive tablets, and explains how writing evolved in Knossos and beyond. It weaves together signs, signs-for-numbers, and sign-groups with careful notes on their meanings, use, and the people who used them. You’ll see how Linear A, Linear B, and Cypro-Mseudo scripts relate to one another and what they reveal about trade, administration, and culture in the Aegean Bronze Age.

Clear explanations of sign types, numerals, and how tablets recorded transactions in commodities and other everyday items.
Guided discussions of major scripts, including their origins, development, and regional differences.
Illustrations and references to plates that show the tablets from Knossos and other sites.
Context on how writing fit into broader archaeological findings, like the Armoury deposit and chariot-related texts.

Ideal for readers of ancient scripts and those curious about how writing shaped Minoan society and its connections to Cyprus and the broader Mediterranean world.

About the Author

Sir Arthur Evans was born in 1851 and educated at Harrow School, Brasenose College, Oxford and the University of Gottingen. He is most famous for his work on the palace of Knossos in Crete, which he identified as the centre of the thriving civilisation he dubbed 'Minoan', but he was also passionately interested in the history and archaeology of the Balkans and travelled extensively in the area as the regional correspondent for the Manchester Guardian in the 1880s. From 1884 to 1908 he was Curator of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford and his numerous books include "The Palace of Minos, Scripta Minoa, The Adriatic Slavs and the Overland Route to Constantinople" and "Ancient Illyria" (I.B.Tauris).

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