<P> Linear B is a syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek , the earliest attested form of Greek . The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries . The oldest Mycenaean writing dates to about 1450 BC . It is descended from the older Linear A , an undeciphered earlier script used for writing the Minoan language , as is the later Cypriot syllabary , which also recorded Greek . Linear B , found mainly in the palace archives at Knossos , Cydonia , Pylos , Thebes and Mycenae , disappeared with the fall of Mycenaean civilization during the Late Bronze Age collapse . The succeeding period , known as the Greek Dark Ages , provides no evidence of the use of writing . It is also the only one of the prehistoric Aegean scripts to have been deciphered , by English architect and self - taught linguist Michael Ventris . </P>
<P> Linear B is a syllabic script that was used for writing Mycenaean Greek , the earliest attested form of Greek . The script predates the Greek alphabet by several centuries . The oldest Mycenaean writing dates to about 1450 BC . It is descended from the older Linear A , an undeciphered earlier script used for writing the Minoan language , as is the later Cypriot syllabary , which also recorded Greek . Linear B , found mainly in the palace archives at Knossos , Cydonia , Pylos , Thebes and Mycenae , disappeared with the fall of Mycenaean civilization during the Late Bronze Age collapse . The succeeding period , known as the Greek Dark Ages , provides no evidence of the use of writing . It is also the only one of the prehistoric Aegean scripts to have been deciphered , by English architect and self - taught linguist Michael Ventris . </P>
what was the writing system of the minoan called
what was the writing system of the minoan called
Linear A
Linear A