Linear B
Speech parts
1. Linear B - Noun
2. Linear B - Proper noun
Meaning
a syllabic script used in Greece in the 13th century B.C.
Source: WordNetExamples
Prior to 1952, when M. Ventris first published his decipherment of the 'Linear B' tablets from Crete and Greece, showing that they were Greek, everyone assumed that Hebrew was recorded in writing before Greek. But now... we are reading Linear B Greek texts, written before the birth of Abraham.
Alice Kober's triplets About the same time, Alice Kober studied Linear B and managed to construct grids, linking similar symbols in groups of threes.
Also, close analysis of the inscriptions found outside of Crete indicates the use of a script that is somewhere in between Linear A and Linear B, combining the elements of both.
Burkert, p. 44. We also find A-ta-no-dju-wa-ja ( KO Za 1 inscription, line 1), in Linear A Minoan ; the final part being regarded as the Linear A Minoan equivalent of the Linear B Mycenaean di-u-ja or di-wi-ja (Diwia, "divine").
Demeter and Poseidon Demeter and Poseidon 's names appear in the earliest scratched notes in Linear B found at Mycenae and Mycenaean Pylos ; e-ne-si-da-o-ne (earth-shaker) for Poseidon, and si-to-po-ti-ni-ja, who is probably related with Demeter.
Chadwick, Decipherment 1961 Pelican edition pp47-9 Michael Ventris and John Chadwick performed the bulk of their decipherment of Linear B between 1951 and 1953.