linear B tablets

• where did they come from?

  pylos (home of nestor)
• where were they found? when?

  the palace archives

  13th century BC
• what were they used for?

  to show their concerns.

  damp clay of written records
• how many have been discovered?

  over 1000
• who wrote on them? where?

  over 100 individual wrote the tablets and Knossos
• how long were the made to last?

  several months

  they were left to dry in the sun (after being written on) and would eventually crumble
• what would be done with the information on the tablets?

  • transferred onto other tablets (leaf tablets)
  • larger
  • thinner
  • horizontal
  • then transferred to a larger document
  • 30cm in length
• what is the significance of the find?

  provides a snapshot of what life was like