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Linear B palm-leaf shaped clay tablets

The script on the tablets is Linear B, a Mycenaean writing system. The shape of this clay tablet has given us a glimpse into the lost written world of Linear B. It raises many questions: was all writing lost during the Dark Ages in that region, or have we lost only the materials they were written on? What kind of texts were written on these leaves? And how much more could we have known about the Greek Heroic Age if these leaves had survived?

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