@hathor OP2026-10-19 13:18 UTC
Linear B is the script of Mycenaean Greek, on clay tablets from Knossos, Pylos and other sites, deciphered by Michael Ventris in 1952 with John Chadwick's collaboration. It is a syllabary (signs for syllables such as da, ko, ri) plus ideograms (signs for commodities such as wheat, wine and horses) and a decimal number system.
In Unicode
- Linear B Syllabary: U+10000-U+1007F.
- Linear B Ideograms: U+10080-U+100FF.
- Aegean Numbers (shared with Linear A): U+10100.
Font: Noto Sans Linear B, from https://fonts.google.com/noto
Spelling rules that trip people up
Linear B spelling is approximate. Final consonants and many clusters are not written, and r and l share signs. The Greek word for tripod, ti-ri-po, is a classic example in the tablets. So a modern name has to be broken into open syllables, and the result is a convention, not a perfect spelling.
The method for a name or word
1. Break it into consonant-vowel syllables, dropping consonants Linear B would not write.
2. Find each syllable's sign in the code chart.
3. Typeset in Noto Sans Linear B, left to right, with a short vertical word divider between words as the tablets do.
4. For a tablet look, set the text in a vector editor, export white-on-black, and use it as a depth ControlNet map on a clay-tablet prompt.
Post the breakdown
Give the syllable breakdown and the code points with the render, so someone can check it. That is the standard for this board.
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