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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Greek; Minoan (original)
Title:Replica of Linear B tablet
Date Made:ca. late 19th century
Type:Documentary Artifact
Materials:Ceramic
Place Made:Greece, Crete (original)
Accession Number:  MH 1b.B.F
Credit Line:Source and date of acquisition unknown (probably before 1918)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
ca. late 19th century clay replica of a ceramic original dating to the Early Minoan Period or the Middle Minoan Period, ca. 3000-2000 BCE. This replica was made after KN So 4442, a Linear B tablet fragment excavated at Knossos on Crete. An ideogram representing a chariot appears in the upper right section of the tablet.
Provenience: Greece, Crete, Knossos (original)

Tags:
pottery; ancient; archaeology; reproductions

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