DESK CASE L. Replica of Linear B tablet

Accession Number AN1938.714
Year 1910-1936
Dimensions 8 cm x 4.5 cm
Medium plaster
Location Ashmolean Museum
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Replica of Linear B tablet detailing female textile workers. 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. 777, pl. liii