John Chadwick's The Decipherment of Linear B, published by Cambridge University Press in 1958, is a scholarly account of the decipherment of the Mycenaean Greek script, written by Chadwick, who worked directly alongside Michael Ventris on the original decipherment itself. Its authority rests on Chadwick's firsthand role in the discovery it describes and standard university press review. It documents the decipherment process itself as understood at the time of writing, so a claim about later refinements to the reading of specific Linear B texts should be checked against more recent Mycenological scholarship.
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Published by Cambridge University Press as John Chadwick's standard scholarly account, peer reviewed university-level philology. NotesScholarly account of the decipherment of the Linear B script, Cambridge University Press, 1958.
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AuthorJohn Chadwick
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication Year1958
Source Typeacademic monograph
Claims Backed By This Source (32 claims)
This source backs 32 claims across the atlas. As facts: 17 well-attested. As cited relationships: 12 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Scripts & Magical Alphabets, 23 claims: 8 well-attested, 12 holds, 3 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Articles, 2 claims: 2 well-attested.
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17Scripts & Magical Alphabets
Holds
12Scripts & Magical Alphabets
General References
3Scripts & Magical Alphabets
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