Ancient Greece; a sketch of its art, literature & philosophy viewed in connexion with its external history from earliest times to the age of Alexander the Great (1913)
Cotterill, H. B. (Henry Bernard), b. 1846 · New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company · leaf 94
eroglyphic, in which systemthe symbol denoted the name of an object, i.e. a word.Finally it became linear, each sign probably denotinga syllable (not a mere sound, as in the alphabetic system).Thousands of tablets with this linear script have been dis-covered. It went through various changes, and… … 20. Cretan Jars for Oii, or Corn
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