Evans, Arthur J.: The Palace of Minos: a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustred by the discoveries at Knossos (Index) (London, 1936)

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Script (cont.)
Linear Class B:

— appearance at Knossos of more advanced

Linear Class B: discovery of hoards of
clay tablets on Palace in 1900 Campaign,
iv. 668, 669; mostly stored in upper
chambers, IV. 669

— parallel finds of sealings with graffiti of

same class, iv. 616-18 (Figs. 603, 604)

— shape and character of L.M. lb tablets:

probably mostly sun-baked, easily des-
troyed by rain, preservation being result
of conflagration, IV. 669, 670,673 ; preva-
lence of elongated 'slip' type, 674 (Fig.
657); tablets of abnormal dimensions,
iv. 699, 703, 800

— existence of earlier, well-baked class; but

sparsely represented: good example
tablet showing lion's head rhytons and
cup of 'Vapheio' type (imperfect, short
oblong with sharply cut angles), IV. 729,
730 (Fig. 711)

— large clay disks, to secure packages, with

graffito inscriptions, from Hall of the
Colonnades, iv. 597

— tablets originally contained in cists and

boxes—remains of wooden chests found
with Granary and Chariot Tablets, iv.
668 (with bronze loop handles and hinges
of lids); 'Adze' tablets, with remains of
gypsum chest, fallen from above, found
in original order in Magazine VIII, iv.
669-71 (Figs. 655, 656).

— evidences of previous finds in Classical

times: inscribed bronze tablet found,
according to Plutarch, in Alkmene's
Tomb at Haliartos, iv. 672; tradition
preserved in prologue to fictitious work
of Diktys of Crete that it originated in the
discoverv of inscribed 'lime-bark' docu-
ments in 'tin chest' brought to light at
Knossos by earthquake of Nero's time,
iv. 672-4

— relations of Class B to A, partial synchron-

ism, 1. 646; reactions of B 'throne' sign
on Trullos 'ladle' of A type, iv. 680, 683;
of decimal sign on late A tablets, iv. 680;
large common element, IV. 682

— Class B largely drawn from Hieroglyphic

sources of equal antiquity with A, I. 646,

Script, Linear Class B (cont.)

iv. 683; some signs (as 'flying bird' and
'leaf') nearer prototypes than A equiva-
lents, iv. 683 ; to be regarded as mainly of
independent growth, ib.

— signary of Class B and comparisons with

A, iv. Fig. 666 a, b, c, opposite p. 684;
73 signs represented, syllabary in ordi-
nary use 62, iv. 682

— progressive reduction in numbers of signs

(in alphabetic direction) in three sys-
tems—Hieroglyphic, c. 150; Linear A.
85, Linear B. 73 (62), iv. 682

— disappearance of certain typical A signs,

iv. 683 (Fig. 663)

— clay documents now confined to tablet

shape and clay sealings, IV. 696

— first appearance of a series of typical B

signs, iv. 683 (Fig. 664)

— general absence of ligatures, iv. 683

— signs, phonetic and ideographic, with

pictorial illustrations, iv. 684, &c.

— phonograms still capable of standing

alone as ideograms, iv. 682

— evidence of highly legalized and bureau-

cratic system in contents of tablets, iv.
693; incised lines for entries (like ruled
paper), IV. 695 (Fig. 680); secondary
details in minute script, e.g. iv. 697
(Fig. 682); docketing of edges, like books
on shelf, iv. 696: special formulas for
groups and systematic arrangements, iv.
697; theft of tablets brought home to
culprit through Minoan formula accepted
by Canea Court, Aristides'the unjust', ib.

— clearer methods of punctuation and divi-

sions of groups, iv. 683, 703, 704, &c;
graduation in size of type according to im-
portance of groups in same tablet, IV. 697
seqq.; modern advance in Art of Writing
contrasted with early Greek, IV. 704

— name-groups (often authenticated by

'man' or 'woman'signs), iv. 709-11 (Figs.
693 A, b); terminals of name-groups, male
and female, iv. 714 (Fig. 696), 715; sign
of declension, iv. 415

— ideographic elements in name-groups, iv.

712-13, Fig. 694 a, b, swine's head (c, i,
fore-part of ox; g, Goat; e, f, i, prow
of vessel, lily, 713, leaf, 713, eye, 713)