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  • While we find the name of a Cretan town, ku-do-ni-ja 'Kydonía', written in Greek Linear B, we also find a Minoan parallel in Linear A, ku-do-ni (HT 13.4, HT 85 a.4) ~ ka-u-do-ni (HT 26 b.2-3), which might then be rewritten as Kaučoni /kawtʃoni/.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • While we find the name of a Cretan town, ku-do-ni-ja 'Kydonía', written in Greek Linear B, we also find a Minoan parallel in Linear A, ku-do-ni (HT 13.4, HT 85 a.4) ~ ka-u-do-ni (HT 26 b.2-3), which might then be rewritten as Kaučoni /kawtʃoni/.

    A new value for Minoan 'd' 2009

  • It could have been in Chinese, Linear B, BSL or filmed as a silent movie - the visual language of the film is so powerful and so clear that the script is more or less superfluous.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Sci-Fi Gene 2008

  • It could have been in Chinese, Linear B, BSL or filmed as a silent movie - the visual language of the film is so powerful and so clear that the script is more or less superfluous.

    L'extra terrestre Sci-Fi Gene 2008

  • And he had better things to do with his time than learn the rebuslike system for recording Greek that we call Linear B.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • And he had better things to do with his time than learn the rebuslike system for recording Greek that we call Linear B.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • The Mycenaeans left behind the first words written in Greek, on what are known as the Linear-B accountancy tablets.

    When Trouble in Athens Meant Sparta 2010

  • Minoan is written in a simple hieroglyphic script called Linear A.

    A new value for Minoan 'd' 2009

  • Minoan is written in a simple hieroglyphic script called Linear A.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • The extrapolation that small quantities have a proportional effect to large one is known as the Linear No Threshold theory.

    The Side Effect of David Kelly's Overdose 2007

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