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6.2: Figures

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    Figure 1: Green jasper seal with signs in the Minoan Hieroglyphic script, side A, from Crete, c.1700– 1550 bc. Length: 1.1 cm; Width: 0.5 cm; Thickness: 0.5 cm. GR 1934.11-20.1 AN34822001. © Trustees of the British Museum.

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    Figure 2: Bronze double axe inscribed with Linear A, said to be from the Lasíthi Plateau, Crete, c.1700–1450 bc. Length: 18.5 cm. GR 1954.10-20.1. © Trustees of the British Museum.

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    Figure 3: Bone seal with inscribed faces from Archanes c.2000 bc. Length: 4.0 cm. Drawing by Sven von Hofsten (after Sakellarakis and Sapouna-Sakellaraki 1991: fig. 79).

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    Figure 4: Linear B tablets found at Knossos, 1450–1400 bc. a) GR 1910.4-23.2; b) Length: 16.0 cm; Width: 4.0 cm; Thickness: 2.0 cm. GR 1910.4-23.1. © Trustees of the British Museum.

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    Figure 5: Steatite offering table with Linear A from the Psychro Cave c.1600 bc. Length: c.20 cm. Drawing by Sven von Hofsten (after Bendall 2013: fig. 256–257).

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    Figure 6: Flat-based nodule. Diameter: 2.1 × 2.75 cm. Drawing by Sven von Hofsten (after Hallager 1996: fig. 55).


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