Knossos: Linear script on clay tablets
| Department | Archive |
|---|---|
| Collection | BSA SPHS Image Collection |
| Reference No. | BSA SPHS 01/1468.3807 |
| Level | Item |
| Description | Glass negative, quarter plate size, a copy negative, from a drawing or possibly directly from a publication. |
| Condition | Black tape marking off the area to be cropped. |
| Dimensions | 10.5 x 8 cm |
| Place |
Palace of Minos Knossos |
| Dates | 1900 |
| Donor/Creator |
Evans, Sir Arthur John Myres, Sir John Linton |
| Scope and Content | The original description in the SPHS register reads: "Cnossos: Script: Clay tables, linear. (833.59) (B.S.A. VI pl. I)". |
| Notes | Date based on the publication listed in the caption although the plate shows a photograph of tablets, not a drawing. It also appears as negative number 3807 in the J.L. Myres negative register held by the archives at the Institute of Archaeology, Oxford University. Register reads: "Script: Linear tables 833.59 (cf. MR 1901, p. 128 fig. 9)". Other Collections: The image is duplicated in slide format in the Ashmolean Lantern Slide Teaching Collection, Oxford University, catalogue number XJ308 as "Knossos tablets, with linear script". |
| Reference |
1904 JHS 24: Catalogue of Slides. cvi.SPHS 3807. Link to article 1913 JHS 33: Catalogue of Slides. 63.SPHS 3807. Link to article |