What Are the Linear B Tablets

Linear B is the name for the late Minoan script which was first found on clay tablets and sealings in the second palace at Knossos on Crete. These early tablets survived because they were baked in the fire which burned down the palace. … The majority of extant examples of Linear B writing come from the mainland.

How many Linear B tablets are there?

Over 4,000 Linear B tablets were eventually recovered from Knossos. More than 1,000 were also found at Pylos in the Peloponnese, and smaller numbers have been recovered at Thebes, Mycenae, Tiryns, and Chania.

Can Linear B be translated?

“We were able to correctly translate 67.3% of Linear B cognates into their Greek equivalents in the decipherment scenario,” they say.