DESK CASE L. Replica of Linear B tablet

Accession Number AN1910.219.a
Year c. 1910
Dimensions 14 cm x 5 cm
Medium plaster
Location Ashmolean Museum
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Replica of two-sided Linear B tablet detailing men’s names. The replica was made by W.H. Young, the Ashmolean conservator, with considerable skill. It allowed Evans to display both sides of the tablet.

Bibliography

Myres, John (ed.). 1936. British Archaeological Discoveries in Greece and Crete 1886-1936, p. 27

Evans, Arthur. 1952. Scripta Minoa II, no. 479, pls. xxxvii, xxxix