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  • From: "Doctor Oakroot" <doctor AT doctoroakroot.com>
  • To: "RTP-area local music and culture" <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Linear B with music content. Was: CHTHONIC (PRONOUNCED KAH-TAH-NICK)
  • Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:35:56 -0400 (EDT)

Speaking of Linear B... check out the lute I'm building with a Linear B
inscription on the top:
http://doctoroakroot.com/articles.php/gourd_lute_3



Doctor Oakroot wrote:
>
> Actually, the translation of Linear B scripts is pretty clear... but it's
> all accounting records. Not very useful for theology. (Although several
> gods, including Zeus, are mentioned. Considering that, I'm not sure the
> texts are pre-Olympic.)
>
>
> Nathaniel Florin wrote:
>>
>
>>
>> As for "pre-Olympic texts", we're talking about a tiny
>> amount of Linear B script on tablets that don't say
>> much we can be certain of.
>
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