http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
volumes (xxviii, 1145 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
"In 1952 Michael Ventris deciphered the script found on the Linear B tablets from Crete and the Greek mainland, thereby revealing the earliest known form of Greek. In 1956 he and John Chadwick published Documents in Mycenaean Greek, which gave an account of the decipherment, of the language of the tablets, of the society and economy revealed by the documents and a series of chapters giving texts, translations and commentary of the most important tablets. Though partially updated in 1973, Documents is now very much outdated: there has been a vast accrual of bibliography on the subject since 1973, and discoveries of tablets at new sites. This new survey, written by fourteen of the world's leading experts, will bring the reader fully up to date with developments in all aspects of Mycenaean studies, concluding with a new glossary of all the more complete Mycenaean words"--
Volumes 1. Introductory essays, drawing of selected tablets -- volume 2. Selected tablets, transcription, translation, commentary endmatter.
Part 1 Introductory Essays: History, Script, Language, and Culture Chapter 1 The Archaeological and Historical Context John Bennet Chapter 2 Discovery and Decipherment Michael Ventris Chapter 3 Syllabic Scripts in the Aegean and Cyprus in the Second and First Millennia Jean-Pierre Olivier Chapter 4.1-5 The Mycenaean Writing System Rupert Thompson Torsten MeiBner Chapter 4.6 The Absolute Values of the Symbols for Weight Pia de Fidio Chapter 4.7 The Absolute Values of the Symbols for Volume Pia de Fidio Chapter 5 The Linear B Documents Maurizio del Freo Chapter 6 The Mycenaean Language Rupert Thompson Chapter 7 Geography John Bennet Chapter 8 Economy Pia de Fidio Chapter 9 Mycenaean Society and Political Systems Cynthia Shelmerdine Chapter 10.1 Mycenaean Religion John Killen Chapter 10.2 Mycenaean and Classical Greek Religion Robert Parker Part 2: Drawings of Selected Tablets Introduction
Part 3 Selected Tablets, Transcription, Translation, Commentary Introduction Interpreting Linear B John Killen Chapter 11 Lists of Personnel John Killen Chapter 12 Livestock John Killen Chapter 13 Agricultural Produce John Killen Chapter 14.1 Land Tenure Yves Duhoux Chapter14.2 The Pylos 'Dosmos' Tablets Pia De Fidio Chapter 15 Taxation Cynthia Shelmerdine Chapter 16 'Industrial' Production Yves Duhoux Chapter 17 Finished Products 1: Vessels and Furniture John Killen John Bennet Chapter 18 Finished Products 2: Military Equipment Part 1: Archaeological Commentary Joost Crouwel Part 2: The Texts Robert Plath John Killen Chapter 19 Religion, Cults and Ritual John Killen Chapter 20 The Inscribed Stirrup-Jars Peter Van Alfen Chapter 21 Miscellaneous Texts John Killen Part 4 Glossary, Bibliography, Indexes and Concordance
Includes bibliographical references and index.