tablet; replica

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Object Type: tablet; replica
Museum number: 1927,1015.7
Description: Plaster replica of a clay Linear B tablet from Bronze Age Knossos.
Producer name: Made by: Émile Gilliéron fils
Production date: 1927 (circa (replica)); 1375BC (circa (original)); 18thC - 20thC
Production place: Original from: Palace of Minos (Knossos)
Materials: plaster
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: The original tablet is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (An1910,212).
Bibliographic references: CoMIK I / Corpus of Mycenaean Inscriptions from Knossos, I (59)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Émile Gilliéron fils
Acquisition date: 1927
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1927,1015.7

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