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Papers by Ester Salgarella
Civitillo, M., Ferrara, S. and Meissner, T. (eds.) Cretan Hieroglyphic (Cambridge University Press), 2024
Book Chapter: Meissner, T. & Salgarella, E. (2024) ‘The Relationship Between Cretan Hieroglyphic ... more Book Chapter: Meissner, T. & Salgarella, E. (2024) ‘The Relationship Between Cretan Hieroglyphic and the Other Cretan Scripts’. In Civitillo, M., Ferrara, S. and Meissner, T. (eds.) Cretan Hieroglyphic (Cambridge University Press), pp. 134–164.
Classical Continuum , 2023
What if we started to question the unquestionable? Could we ever get a glimpse at what is hidden ... more What if we started to question the unquestionable? Could we ever get a glimpse at what is hidden behind the veil of Maya? By questioning a number of criteria that have traditionally been used to systematise the ‘Minoan’ Linear A script of Bronze Age Crete so as to make it (to an extent) intelligible to us, this talk proposes to re-evaluate some of the basic assumptions that have so far underpinned our interpretation of Linear A and to offer an alternative way of looking at this script from a more nuanced perspective. To this end, a two-fold approach will be followed. First, Linear A will be investigated at a structural level, to flag up the pitfalls of the current sign classification and pinpoint alternative taxonomic models. Second, a comprehensive palaeographic investigation of Linear A administrative documents, taken as a case study, will be carried out to disentangle some of this script’s graphic complexities, then compared with evidence from its offshoot ‘Mycenaean’ Linear B. The integrated results of this investigation will no doubt make us rethink the way in which we look at Linear A and wonder whether this way is still a productive one. It will then be shown how digital approaches will play a key role in taking this research a step further, allowing us to re-systematise the evidence at our disposal by setting different and customisable parameters. In the digital era, it is now hoped that also Linear A research will soon benefit from the application of computational techniques to its kaleidoscopic dataset.
To cite this paper:
Salgarella, E. 2023. ‘(Re-)Configuring Linear A & Digital Configurations’, in Pierini, R. & Palaima, T. (eds.), MASt - Meetings on Aegean Studies (Spring 2022), Classical Continuum, §§ 41-64
TALANTA 54, 2022
This paper offers an alternative framework of interpretation for the sign inventory of the Linear... more This paper offers an alternative framework of interpretation for the sign inventory of the Linear A script, which was used on Crete and the Aegean island in the period ca. 1800-1450 BC (late-Middle to Late Bronze Age) to write the still undeciphered Minoan language. The approach herein proposed is called ‘combinatory’, with special reference to Linear A complex (or ‘composite’) signs. It can be noticed that complex signs follow certain combination patterns, showing that the way in which Linear A simple signs are combined together to form a complex sign is meaningful, as much as the resulting composite sign. The viability of this approach and ensuing sign classification will be explored, and some of the implications resulting from applying this classification will be evaluated. The ultimate aim is to provide an alternative and more productive way of looking at the Linear A sign repertory by improving the current sign classification system.
Marco Condorelli and Hannah Rutkowska (eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Historical Orthography (Cambridge University Press), 2023
How can we reconstruct the orthography of a writing system that is no longer in use? This chapter... more How can we reconstruct the orthography of a writing system that is no longer in use? This chapter will investigate the topic of orthographic reconstruction of a historical writing system by taking as case-study the Linear B syllabary of Bronze Age Greece. The Linear B syllabary was used to render the oldest Greek dialect attested in written form, i.e. so-called ‘Mycenaean’ Greek (ca. 1400-1190 BCE). The reader will be guided step-by-step through the stages involved in the reconstruction of the orthography of the Linear B syllabary, so as to understand how to bridge the gap between actual attestations and their phonetic rendering (e.g. Linear B a-to-ro-qo representing alphabetic Greek ἄνθρωπος /anthrōpos/ ‘man’). The discussion will cover some of the methodological issues scholars had to reckon with when first faced with the task of reconstructing a historical orthographic system in the Bronze Age Aegean context. This complex process eventually enabled us to draw up the ‘rules’ that govern the system and, by assessing deviations, to evaluate the extent to which these were adhered to. This chapter will also illustrate the role played in such reconstruction by the historical and linguistic backdrop, within which the adaptation of an already existing writing system (‘Minoan’ Linear A) took place to render a linguistically different language (Greek).
The Annual of the British School at Athens, 2021
What's in a sign? What is there to be ‘seen’ in a sign? This paper sets out to explore the so... more What's in a sign? What is there to be ‘seen’ in a sign? This paper sets out to explore the sources and processes of sign creation in the scripts of the Bronze Age Aegean, namely Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A, in use on Crete from c. 1900–1600 bce (Middle Minoan IB/II–Middle Minoan III) and c. 1800–1450 bce (Middle Minoan IIA–Late Minoan IB) respectively. Linear B, developed out of Linear A to write Greek (c. 1450–1190 bce), will also be touched upon where relevant. By investigating contemporary iconographic production and putting forward a methodological framework for the analysis and interpretation of visual motifs, a theory will be tentatively proposed for understanding the process(es) of selection of sign shapes, their incorporation into a script as script-signs and their transmission from one script onto a graphically related one. The underlying research questions leading this enquiry are the following: how did ‘images’ find their way into script(s) to become ‘signs’ in t...
Kadmos, 2019
This paper focuses on the palaeography of two Bronze Age Aegean writing systems, Linear A and Lin... more This paper focuses on the palaeography of two Bronze Age Aegean writing systems, Linear A and Linear B. Linear A, used to render the Minoan language (ca. 1800-1450 BC), is understood to have acted as template upon adaptation of the system to write Greek, giving rise to the script traditionally called Linear B (ca. 1400-1190 BC). The adaptation process is likely to have operated on different levels: palaeographical, structural, phonological, logographical, metrological. In this paper, the palaeographical level will be examined. In order to throw light on the transmission process on graphic grounds, that is to say from a palaeographical perspective, the study of sign variants comes to play a key role. For a script (i.e. the graphic manifestation of a writing system) to be analysed, it is in fact necessary to ‘single out’ its constitutive components, namely signs, as well as their different graphic representations, namely variants. The aim of this paper is to see how these sign variant...
Journal of Greek Linguistics, 2019
This paper sets out to explore an idiosyncratic linguistic feature only attested on a number of L... more This paper sets out to explore an idiosyncratic linguistic feature only attested on a number of Linear B documents from Pylos, namely the occurrence of sequences of particles in clause-initial, and sometimes also tablet-initial, position. These sequences are o-a2, o-da-a2 and o-de-qa-a2. In this paper, a contextual analysis of the form and function of these sequences will be carried out in order to arrive at a plausible, and convincing, interpretation of their usage. The examination of their occurrences is conducted by placing the usage of these sequences of particles within the backdrop of recording procedures of the Mycenaean palatial administration.
Oxford Classical Dictionary , 2022
Dictionary entry providing a comprehensive overview of the 'Minoan' Linear A script of Bronze Age... more Dictionary entry providing a comprehensive overview of the 'Minoan' Linear A script of Bronze Age Crete.
We present a database of inscriptions written in the (still undeciphered) Linear A script of Bron... more We present a database of inscriptions written in the (still undeciphered) Linear A script of Bronze Age Greece. We aim at developing a systematic, exhaustive and user-friendly open access database of all Linear A inscriptions. Such a research tool is currently missing, and is essential in order to carry out statistical and palæographical analyses within the epigraphic corpus, only available in print form at the moment.
Annual of the British School at Athens, 2021
What's in a sign? What is there to be ‘seen’ in a sign? This paper sets out to explore the source... more What's in a sign? What is there to be ‘seen’ in a sign? This paper sets out to explore the sources and processes of sign creation in the scripts of the Bronze Age Aegean, namely Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A, in use on Crete from c. 1900–1600 BCE (Middle Minoan IB/II–Middle Minoan III) and c. 1800–1450 BCE (Middle Minoan IIA–Late Minoan IB) respectively. Linear B, developed out of Linear A to write Greek (c. 1450–1190 BCE), will also be touched upon where relevant. By investigating contemporary iconographic production and putting forward a methodological framework for the analysis and interpretation of visual motifs, a theory will be tentatively proposed for understanding the process(es) of selection of sign shapes, their incorporation into a script as script-signs and their transmission from one script onto a graphically related one. The underlying research questions leading this enquiry are the following: how did ‘images’ find their way into script(s) to become ‘signs’ in the Aegean context? Are we able to reconstruct such a process to shed light on the origin of script-signs?
We present a database of inscriptions written in the (still undeci phered) Linear A script of Bro... more We present a database of inscriptions written in the (still undeci phered) Linear A script of Bronze Age Greece. We aim at developing a system atic, exhaustive and userfriendly open access database of all Linear A inscrip tions. Such a research tool is currently missing, and is essential in order to carry out statistical and palaeographical analyses within the epigraphic corpus, only available in print form at the moment.
Ktèma 45, 2020
This paper sets out to explore the possibility of detecting references to time notation expressed... more This paper sets out to explore the possibility of detecting references to time notation expressed in a semasiographic fashion in the Linear A and Linear B ideogram for wine: AB 131/VIN(um). This sign occurs in three variants, namely AB 131a, AB 131b and A 131c, with the latter variant being attested only in Linear A. Evidence will be put forward to argue that graphic alteration of the form of the main sign (AB 131a) was used as a method to give rise to variants of the sign (AB 131b, A 131c) meant to convey chronological information in a semasiographic way, i.e. without recourse to phonetic writing.
This paper can be accessed at: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-03071602
Kadmos 58, 2019
This paper focuses on the palaeography of two Bronze Age Aegean writing systems, Linear A and Lin... more This paper focuses on the palaeography of two Bronze Age Aegean writing systems, Linear A and Linear B. Linear A, used to render the Minoan language (ca. 1800-1450 BC), is understood to have acted as template upon adaptation of the system to write Greek, giving rise to the script traditionally called Linear B (ca. 1400-1190 BC). The adaptation process is likely to have operated on different levels: palaeographical, structural, phonological, logographical, metrological. In this paper, the palaeographical level will be examined. In order to throw light on the transmission process on graphic grounds, that is to say from a palaeographical perspective, the study of sign variants comes to play a key role. For a script (i.e. the graphic manifestation of a writing system) to be analysed, it is in fact necessary to ‘single out’ its constitutive components, namely signs, as well as their different graphic representations, namely variants. The aim of this paper is to see how these sign variants, in both Linear A and Linear B, were treated and transmitted
Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici. Nuova serie 5 , 2019
This paper examines the non-connective behaviour of the particle -qe on Linear B administrative d... more This paper examines the non-connective behaviour of the particle -qe on Linear B administrative documents. In Mycenaean -qe usually performs a connective function as coordinating particle. However, in a number of instances on Pylos documents its behaviour cannot be interpreted as connective. By examining the occurrences of the particle in those contexts where it is understood to perform a non-connecting function and by assessing the interpretations so far advanced to account for such idiosyncratic behaviour, this paper offers an alternative explanation of this peculiar usage of the particle -qe, viewed against the administrative backdrop of information management (recording and retrieval) and storage.
Journal of Greek Linguistics, 2019
This paper sets out to explore an idiosyncratic linguistic feature only attested on a number of L... more This paper sets out to explore an idiosyncratic linguistic feature only attested on a number of Linear B documents from Pylos, namely the occurrence of sequences of particles in clause-initial, and sometimes also tablet-initial, position. These sequences are o-a2, o-da-a2 and o-de-qa-a2. In this paper, a contextual analysis of the form and function of these sequences will be carried out in order to arrive at a plausible, and convincing, interpretation of their usage. The examination of their occurrences will be conducted by placing the usage of these sequences of particles within the backdrop of recording procedures of the Mycenaean palatial administration.
Akrothinia 2: https://www.fupress.com/archivio/pdf/3756\_15745.pdf, 2018
The sequence of particles o-u-qe attested in Mycenaean Greek is generally equated to alphabetic G... more The sequence of particles o-u-qe attested in Mycenaean Greek is generally equated to alphabetic Greek οὔτε. However, this correspondence appears to be only formal as semantically Mycenaean o-u-qe seems to diverge from its alleged later Greek counterpart. Despite the many interpretations so far given to this sequence, in terms of both form and function, no one has proven entirely satisfactory. By offering a breakdown of the occurrences of the negative o-u-qe and assessing its form and contextual behaviour, this paper aims at offering a plausible alternative explanation for the usage and development of this sequence in Mycenaean Greek.
Book Reviews by Ester Salgarella
Thesis Chapters by Ester Salgarella
Unpublished PhD dissertation, University of Cambridge, May 2018
Digital Resources by Ester Salgarella
Aegean Connections aims at connecting all those passionate about Aegean Studies (Archaeology, His... more Aegean Connections aims at connecting all those passionate about Aegean Studies (Archaeology, History, Culture). With a focus on the ancient past (esp. Bronze and Iron Age), this podcast builds a bridge between scholars (both well-established and early-career) in Aegean-oriented academic fields and the wider audience to 'connect' our shared passion(s) for the Aegean context.
Civitillo, M., Ferrara, S. and Meissner, T. (eds.) Cretan Hieroglyphic (Cambridge University Press), 2024
Book Chapter: Meissner, T. & Salgarella, E. (2024) ‘The Relationship Between Cretan Hieroglyphic ... more Book Chapter: Meissner, T. & Salgarella, E. (2024) ‘The Relationship Between Cretan Hieroglyphic and the Other Cretan Scripts’. In Civitillo, M., Ferrara, S. and Meissner, T. (eds.) Cretan Hieroglyphic (Cambridge University Press), pp. 134–164.
Classical Continuum , 2023
What if we started to question the unquestionable? Could we ever get a glimpse at what is hidden ... more What if we started to question the unquestionable? Could we ever get a glimpse at what is hidden behind the veil of Maya? By questioning a number of criteria that have traditionally been used to systematise the ‘Minoan’ Linear A script of Bronze Age Crete so as to make it (to an extent) intelligible to us, this talk proposes to re-evaluate some of the basic assumptions that have so far underpinned our interpretation of Linear A and to offer an alternative way of looking at this script from a more nuanced perspective. To this end, a two-fold approach will be followed. First, Linear A will be investigated at a structural level, to flag up the pitfalls of the current sign classification and pinpoint alternative taxonomic models. Second, a comprehensive palaeographic investigation of Linear A administrative documents, taken as a case study, will be carried out to disentangle some of this script’s graphic complexities, then compared with evidence from its offshoot ‘Mycenaean’ Linear B. The integrated results of this investigation will no doubt make us rethink the way in which we look at Linear A and wonder whether this way is still a productive one. It will then be shown how digital approaches will play a key role in taking this research a step further, allowing us to re-systematise the evidence at our disposal by setting different and customisable parameters. In the digital era, it is now hoped that also Linear A research will soon benefit from the application of computational techniques to its kaleidoscopic dataset.
To cite this paper:
Salgarella, E. 2023. ‘(Re-)Configuring Linear A & Digital Configurations’, in Pierini, R. & Palaima, T. (eds.), MASt - Meetings on Aegean Studies (Spring 2022), Classical Continuum, §§ 41-64
TALANTA 54, 2022
This paper offers an alternative framework of interpretation for the sign inventory of the Linear... more This paper offers an alternative framework of interpretation for the sign inventory of the Linear A script, which was used on Crete and the Aegean island in the period ca. 1800-1450 BC (late-Middle to Late Bronze Age) to write the still undeciphered Minoan language. The approach herein proposed is called ‘combinatory’, with special reference to Linear A complex (or ‘composite’) signs. It can be noticed that complex signs follow certain combination patterns, showing that the way in which Linear A simple signs are combined together to form a complex sign is meaningful, as much as the resulting composite sign. The viability of this approach and ensuing sign classification will be explored, and some of the implications resulting from applying this classification will be evaluated. The ultimate aim is to provide an alternative and more productive way of looking at the Linear A sign repertory by improving the current sign classification system.
Marco Condorelli and Hannah Rutkowska (eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Historical Orthography (Cambridge University Press), 2023
How can we reconstruct the orthography of a writing system that is no longer in use? This chapter... more How can we reconstruct the orthography of a writing system that is no longer in use? This chapter will investigate the topic of orthographic reconstruction of a historical writing system by taking as case-study the Linear B syllabary of Bronze Age Greece. The Linear B syllabary was used to render the oldest Greek dialect attested in written form, i.e. so-called ‘Mycenaean’ Greek (ca. 1400-1190 BCE). The reader will be guided step-by-step through the stages involved in the reconstruction of the orthography of the Linear B syllabary, so as to understand how to bridge the gap between actual attestations and their phonetic rendering (e.g. Linear B a-to-ro-qo representing alphabetic Greek ἄνθρωπος /anthrōpos/ ‘man’). The discussion will cover some of the methodological issues scholars had to reckon with when first faced with the task of reconstructing a historical orthographic system in the Bronze Age Aegean context. This complex process eventually enabled us to draw up the ‘rules’ that govern the system and, by assessing deviations, to evaluate the extent to which these were adhered to. This chapter will also illustrate the role played in such reconstruction by the historical and linguistic backdrop, within which the adaptation of an already existing writing system (‘Minoan’ Linear A) took place to render a linguistically different language (Greek).
The Annual of the British School at Athens, 2021
What's in a sign? What is there to be ‘seen’ in a sign? This paper sets out to explore the so... more What's in a sign? What is there to be ‘seen’ in a sign? This paper sets out to explore the sources and processes of sign creation in the scripts of the Bronze Age Aegean, namely Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A, in use on Crete from c. 1900–1600 bce (Middle Minoan IB/II–Middle Minoan III) and c. 1800–1450 bce (Middle Minoan IIA–Late Minoan IB) respectively. Linear B, developed out of Linear A to write Greek (c. 1450–1190 bce), will also be touched upon where relevant. By investigating contemporary iconographic production and putting forward a methodological framework for the analysis and interpretation of visual motifs, a theory will be tentatively proposed for understanding the process(es) of selection of sign shapes, their incorporation into a script as script-signs and their transmission from one script onto a graphically related one. The underlying research questions leading this enquiry are the following: how did ‘images’ find their way into script(s) to become ‘signs’ in t...
Kadmos, 2019
This paper focuses on the palaeography of two Bronze Age Aegean writing systems, Linear A and Lin... more This paper focuses on the palaeography of two Bronze Age Aegean writing systems, Linear A and Linear B. Linear A, used to render the Minoan language (ca. 1800-1450 BC), is understood to have acted as template upon adaptation of the system to write Greek, giving rise to the script traditionally called Linear B (ca. 1400-1190 BC). The adaptation process is likely to have operated on different levels: palaeographical, structural, phonological, logographical, metrological. In this paper, the palaeographical level will be examined. In order to throw light on the transmission process on graphic grounds, that is to say from a palaeographical perspective, the study of sign variants comes to play a key role. For a script (i.e. the graphic manifestation of a writing system) to be analysed, it is in fact necessary to ‘single out’ its constitutive components, namely signs, as well as their different graphic representations, namely variants. The aim of this paper is to see how these sign variant...
Journal of Greek Linguistics, 2019
This paper sets out to explore an idiosyncratic linguistic feature only attested on a number of L... more This paper sets out to explore an idiosyncratic linguistic feature only attested on a number of Linear B documents from Pylos, namely the occurrence of sequences of particles in clause-initial, and sometimes also tablet-initial, position. These sequences are o-a2, o-da-a2 and o-de-qa-a2. In this paper, a contextual analysis of the form and function of these sequences will be carried out in order to arrive at a plausible, and convincing, interpretation of their usage. The examination of their occurrences is conducted by placing the usage of these sequences of particles within the backdrop of recording procedures of the Mycenaean palatial administration.
Oxford Classical Dictionary , 2022
Dictionary entry providing a comprehensive overview of the 'Minoan' Linear A script of Bronze Age... more Dictionary entry providing a comprehensive overview of the 'Minoan' Linear A script of Bronze Age Crete.
We present a database of inscriptions written in the (still undeciphered) Linear A script of Bron... more We present a database of inscriptions written in the (still undeciphered) Linear A script of Bronze Age Greece. We aim at developing a systematic, exhaustive and user-friendly open access database of all Linear A inscriptions. Such a research tool is currently missing, and is essential in order to carry out statistical and palæographical analyses within the epigraphic corpus, only available in print form at the moment.
Annual of the British School at Athens, 2021
What's in a sign? What is there to be ‘seen’ in a sign? This paper sets out to explore the source... more What's in a sign? What is there to be ‘seen’ in a sign? This paper sets out to explore the sources and processes of sign creation in the scripts of the Bronze Age Aegean, namely Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A, in use on Crete from c. 1900–1600 BCE (Middle Minoan IB/II–Middle Minoan III) and c. 1800–1450 BCE (Middle Minoan IIA–Late Minoan IB) respectively. Linear B, developed out of Linear A to write Greek (c. 1450–1190 BCE), will also be touched upon where relevant. By investigating contemporary iconographic production and putting forward a methodological framework for the analysis and interpretation of visual motifs, a theory will be tentatively proposed for understanding the process(es) of selection of sign shapes, their incorporation into a script as script-signs and their transmission from one script onto a graphically related one. The underlying research questions leading this enquiry are the following: how did ‘images’ find their way into script(s) to become ‘signs’ in the Aegean context? Are we able to reconstruct such a process to shed light on the origin of script-signs?
We present a database of inscriptions written in the (still undeci phered) Linear A script of Bro... more We present a database of inscriptions written in the (still undeci phered) Linear A script of Bronze Age Greece. We aim at developing a system atic, exhaustive and userfriendly open access database of all Linear A inscrip tions. Such a research tool is currently missing, and is essential in order to carry out statistical and palaeographical analyses within the epigraphic corpus, only available in print form at the moment.
Ktèma 45, 2020
This paper sets out to explore the possibility of detecting references to time notation expressed... more This paper sets out to explore the possibility of detecting references to time notation expressed in a semasiographic fashion in the Linear A and Linear B ideogram for wine: AB 131/VIN(um). This sign occurs in three variants, namely AB 131a, AB 131b and A 131c, with the latter variant being attested only in Linear A. Evidence will be put forward to argue that graphic alteration of the form of the main sign (AB 131a) was used as a method to give rise to variants of the sign (AB 131b, A 131c) meant to convey chronological information in a semasiographic way, i.e. without recourse to phonetic writing.
This paper can be accessed at: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-03071602
Kadmos 58, 2019
This paper focuses on the palaeography of two Bronze Age Aegean writing systems, Linear A and Lin... more This paper focuses on the palaeography of two Bronze Age Aegean writing systems, Linear A and Linear B. Linear A, used to render the Minoan language (ca. 1800-1450 BC), is understood to have acted as template upon adaptation of the system to write Greek, giving rise to the script traditionally called Linear B (ca. 1400-1190 BC). The adaptation process is likely to have operated on different levels: palaeographical, structural, phonological, logographical, metrological. In this paper, the palaeographical level will be examined. In order to throw light on the transmission process on graphic grounds, that is to say from a palaeographical perspective, the study of sign variants comes to play a key role. For a script (i.e. the graphic manifestation of a writing system) to be analysed, it is in fact necessary to ‘single out’ its constitutive components, namely signs, as well as their different graphic representations, namely variants. The aim of this paper is to see how these sign variants, in both Linear A and Linear B, were treated and transmitted
Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici. Nuova serie 5 , 2019
This paper examines the non-connective behaviour of the particle -qe on Linear B administrative d... more This paper examines the non-connective behaviour of the particle -qe on Linear B administrative documents. In Mycenaean -qe usually performs a connective function as coordinating particle. However, in a number of instances on Pylos documents its behaviour cannot be interpreted as connective. By examining the occurrences of the particle in those contexts where it is understood to perform a non-connecting function and by assessing the interpretations so far advanced to account for such idiosyncratic behaviour, this paper offers an alternative explanation of this peculiar usage of the particle -qe, viewed against the administrative backdrop of information management (recording and retrieval) and storage.
Journal of Greek Linguistics, 2019
This paper sets out to explore an idiosyncratic linguistic feature only attested on a number of L... more This paper sets out to explore an idiosyncratic linguistic feature only attested on a number of Linear B documents from Pylos, namely the occurrence of sequences of particles in clause-initial, and sometimes also tablet-initial, position. These sequences are o-a2, o-da-a2 and o-de-qa-a2. In this paper, a contextual analysis of the form and function of these sequences will be carried out in order to arrive at a plausible, and convincing, interpretation of their usage. The examination of their occurrences will be conducted by placing the usage of these sequences of particles within the backdrop of recording procedures of the Mycenaean palatial administration.
Akrothinia 2: https://www.fupress.com/archivio/pdf/3756\_15745.pdf, 2018
The sequence of particles o-u-qe attested in Mycenaean Greek is generally equated to alphabetic G... more The sequence of particles o-u-qe attested in Mycenaean Greek is generally equated to alphabetic Greek οὔτε. However, this correspondence appears to be only formal as semantically Mycenaean o-u-qe seems to diverge from its alleged later Greek counterpart. Despite the many interpretations so far given to this sequence, in terms of both form and function, no one has proven entirely satisfactory. By offering a breakdown of the occurrences of the negative o-u-qe and assessing its form and contextual behaviour, this paper aims at offering a plausible alternative explanation for the usage and development of this sequence in Mycenaean Greek.
Aegean Connections aims at connecting all those passionate about Aegean Studies (Archaeology, His... more Aegean Connections aims at connecting all those passionate about Aegean Studies (Archaeology, History, Culture). With a focus on the ancient past (esp. Bronze and Iron Age), this podcast builds a bridge between scholars (both well-established and early-career) in Aegean-oriented academic fields and the wider audience to 'connect' our shared passion(s) for the Aegean context.