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November 3, 2019
The Linear B Syllabary
I’ll start with the writing system that I have swiftly fallen into a deep love and passion for! The Mycenaean syllabary was first attested in the 16th century BCE. It was used by the Mycenaeans up until the Bronze Age collapse in the 12th century BCE. There was a theory of it being written in the 17th century BCE, but it is largely believed that that was a hoax!
The syllabary includes both syllabic characters and logographic characters. The syllabary itself was based on the earlier Minoan Linear A syllabary, but Linear A has yet to be deciphered. Here are some charts I made showing the syllabary in the style of Omniglot’s charts (Basically I tried to copy it).
The logograms, as their name implies, corresponded to words instead of specific sounds, think like kanji characters in Japanese. For example, the word for man could be written as
November 2, 2019
psssst Rachel are you able to share any new updates or news about PoO and/or TGC??? I check your blog every few days but I haven’t seen anything lately. Is no news good news?
No news IS good news.
Because the news I’ve got is good to the point where it’s temporarily locked behind confidentiality clauses.
Stay tuned!
On TGC, writing is proceeding apace, as ‘apace’ as one would expect from someone who has a wonderful, extraordinarily intense and curious handful of a three year old running rough shod over the deteriorated husk of the well rested person they once were.
psssst Rachel are you able to share any new updates or news about PoO and/or TGC??? I check your blog every few days but I haven’t seen anything lately. Is no news good news?
No news IS good news.
Because the news I’ve got is good to the point where it’s temporarily locked behind confidentiality clauses.
Stay tuned!
On TGC, writing is proceeding apace, as ‘apace’ as one would expect from someone who has a wonderful, extraordinarily intense and curious handful of a three year old running rough shod over the deteriorated husk of the well rested person they once were.
psssst Rachel are you able to share any new updates or news about PoO and/or TGC??? I check your blog every few days but I haven’t seen anything lately. Is no news good news?
No news IS good news.
Because the news I’ve got is good to the point where it’s temporarily locked behind confidentiality clauses.
Stay tuned!
On TGC, writing is proceeding apace, as ‘apace’ as one would expect from someone who has a wonderful, extraordinarily intense and curious handful of a three year old running rough shod over the deteriorated husk of the well rested person they once were.
andywarnercomics:
In honor of Day of the Dead, here’s a repost...
In honor of Day of the Dead, here’s a repost of my comic about the San Francisco Columbarium and the man who spent 26 years restoring it.
This comic originally appeared on Medium at The Nib. Go check out my other work there.
November 1, 2019
psssst Rachel are you able to share any new updates or news about PoO and/or TGC??? I check your blog every few days but I haven’t seen anything lately. Is no news good news?
No news IS good news.
Because the news I’ve got is good to the point where it’s temporarily locked behind confidentiality clauses.
Stay tuned!
On TGC, writing is proceeding apace, as ‘apace’ as one would expect from someone who has a wonderful, extraordinarily intense and curious handful of a three year old running rough shod over the deteriorated husk of the well rested person they once were.
psssst Rachel are you able to share any new updates or news about PoO and/or TGC??? I check your blog every few days but I haven’t seen anything lately. Is no news good news?
No news IS good news.
Because the news I’ve got is good to the point where it’s temporarily locked behind confidentiality clauses.
Stay tuned!
On TGC, writing is proceeding apace, as ‘apace’ as one would expect from someone who has a wonderful, extraordinarily intense and curious handful of a three year old running rough shod over the deteriorated husk of the well rested person they once were.
psssst Rachel are you able to share any new updates or news about PoO and/or TGC??? I check your blog every few days but I haven’t seen anything lately. Is no news good news?
No news IS good news.
Because the news I’ve got is good to the point where it’s temporarily locked behind confidentiality clauses.
Stay tuned!
On TGC, writing is proceeding apace, as ‘apace’ as one would expect from someone who has a wonderful, extraordinarily intense and curious handful of a three year old running rough shod over the deteriorated husk of the well rested person they once were.
