Mycenaean Texts [ LGLOR2744 ]

A complete syllabus and an initial bibliography are available on the iCampus server.

Oral exam

The course consists of lectures and personal work.

At first, the Mycenaean texts will be examined in their socio-economic context, whith a special emphasis on the invention and the use of writing in the palace. The Mycenaean texts will be compared to Near Eastern texts also produced in a palatial context.
Special attention will be paid to the material aspect of the clay tablets, to their conservation and archiving; questions of palaeography will also be touched on.
The student will be trained in the principal work tools that are relevant to the study of Mycenaean texts (text corpuses, dictionaries, manuals, scientific journals and collections, International congresses) and also in the history of this scientific discipline.
Finally, the major part of this course is devoted to the reading and commentary (philological, historical and archaeological) of Mycenaean tablets.

- M. Ventris & J. Chadwick, Documents in Mycenaean Greek, Cambridge, 1973;
- Y. Duhoux & A. Morpurgo Davies (ed), A companion to Linear B. Mycenaean Greek Texts and their World (BCILL, 120; 127), Louvain-la-Neuve, 2008; 2011 (volume 3 in preparation);
- F. Aura Jorro, Diccionario micenico, Madrid, 2 vol., 1985-1993.

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