Scribes

Also known as "Hands" and "Tablet-Writers". These are the Mycenaeans who inscribed the Linear B we study.

Updated 17 January 2013

Knossos Scribes

Scribe 103

See KN Ak, KN Am, KN As, KN Lc; Olivier 1967

Scribe 106

See KN B; Olivier 1967

Scribe 107

See KN C, KN Co; Olivier 1967, McArthur 1993

Scribe 109

See KN C; McArthur 1993

Scribe 124

See Palaima 2011, p. 88; Olivier 1967, table XXV

Scribe 139

See KN Fs; Olivier 1967

Scribe 141

See KN Fh; McArthur 1993

Scribe 201

See KN C; Olivier 1967

Pylos Scribes

Scribe 1

See PY Aa, PY An, PY Cn, PY Ed, PY En, PY Ep, PY Eq, PY Fg, PY Na, PY Ng, PY Nn, PY Un, PY Wa and Palaima 2011, p. 80

Scribe 2

See PY Fn, PY Fr, PY Ja, PY Jn, PY Ma, PY Mn, PY Pn, PY Ta, PY Wa, PY Wr, PY Xn

Scribe 3

See PY An

Scribe 4

See PY Aa, PY Fr

Scribe 5

See PY An, PY Nn, PY Vn

Scribe 6

See PY Un

Scribe 11

See PY An, PY Es

Scribe 12

See PY An, PY Vn

Scribe 13

See PY Ae, PY La, PY Xa

Scribe 14

See PY Mb, PY Mn, PY Xa

Scribe 15

See PY Qa, PY Un

Scribe 21

See PY Ab, PY Aq, PY Cc, PY Cn, PY Fg, PY Jn and Palaima 2011, p. 81

Scribe 41

See PY Eb, PY Eo, PY Fr, PY Wa

Thebes Scribes

Scribe 301

See TH Ug and Aravantinos et. al. p. 147-150; 238

Scribe 302

See TH Ug and Aravantinos et. al. p. 152-154; 239

Scribe 303

See TH Of and Aravantinos et. al. p. 156-161; 240

Scribe 304

See TH Av, TH Fq and Aravantinos et. al. p. 164-168; 241

Scribe 305

See TH Fq and Aravantinos et. al. p. 169-185; 242

Scribe 306

See TH Gp and Aravantinos et. al. p. 188-193; 243

Scribe 307

See TH Fq and Aravantinos et. al. p. 197-198; 244

Scribe 308

See TH Gp and Aravantinos et. al. p. 199; 245

Scribe 309

See TH Gp and Aravantinos et. al. p. 200; 246

Scribe 311

See TH Ft and Aravantinos et. al. p. 201-203; 247

Scribe 312

See TH Ft and Aravantinos et. al. p. 205-206; 248

Scribe 314

See TH V and Aravantinos et. al. p. 207; 249

Scribe 315

See TH X and Aravantinos et. al. p. 208-9; 250

Palaeographic Group α

See TH Wu and Aravantinos et. al. p. 210-211; 251

Palaeographic Group β

See TH Wu and Aravantinos et. al. p. 213; 252

Palaeographic Group γ

See TH Wu and Aravantinos et. al. p. 214; 253

Palaeographic Group δ

See TH Wu and Aravantinos et. al. p. 216; 254

Palaeographic Group ε

See TH Wu and Aravantinos et. al. p. 217; 255

Palaeographic Group ζ

See TH Wu and Aravantinos et. al. p. 218; 256

Palaeographic Group η

See TH Wu and Aravantinos et. al. p. 219; 257

Palaeographic Group θ

See TH Wu and Aravantinos et. al. p. 220; 258

Palaeographic Group ι

See TH Wu and Aravantinos et. al. p. 221; 259

Palaeographic Group κ

See TH Wu and Aravantinos et. al. p. 222; 260

References

Aravantinos, Vassilis, Maurizio del Freo, Louis Godart and Anna Sacconi, 2005 Thèbes Fouilles de la Cadmée vol. IV: Les Textes de Thèbes (1-433)

Bennett, Emmett L. Jr. and Jean-Pierre Olivier, 1973 The Pylos Tablets Transcribed

Bennett, Emmett L. Jr. and Jean-Pierre Olivier, 1976 The Pylos Tablets Transcribed Part II: Hands, Concordances, Indices

McArthur, Jennifer, 1993 Suplementos a MINOS núm. 9 "Place-Names in the Knossos Tablets Identification and Location"

Olivier, Jean-Pierre, 1967 Les Scribes de Cnossos. Essai de classement des archives d'un palais mycénien

Palaima, Thomas G., 2011 A Companion to Linear B: Mycenaean Greek Texts and their World vol. II (ed. Yves Duhoux and Anna Morpurgo Davies) "Scribes, Scribal Hands and Palaeography"

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