Unicode Block - Linear B Syllabary
Linear B Syllabary is a set of characters used to transcribe the ancient Mycenaean Greek script, primarily found on clay tablets from the late Bronze Age, and it covers a distinct range of signs that represent syllables, including vowels and consonant-vowel combinations, along with a few ideograms and numerical signs. This script, which was deciphered by Michael Ventris in the 1950s, serves as a crucial key for understanding early Greek language and administration, and its encoded characters allow modern scholars to digitally represent and analyze these historical texts. The syllabary’s signs, many of which remain recognizable in their linear, schematic forms, include both common and rare symbols, with the encoding preserving the original distinctions between phonetic and logographic uses.