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Linear B

–noun
an ancient system of writing representing a very early form of Greek, deciphered by Michael Ventris chiefly from clay tablets found at Knossos on Crete and at Pylos.
Compare Linear A.


Origin:
1905–10
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Linear B  
n.  A syllabic script used in Mycenaean Greek documents chiefly from Crete and Pylos, mostly from the 14th to the 12th century B.C.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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