線形文字B
線形文字B是希臘邁錫尼文明時期的一種音節文字。線形文字B出現於青銅時代晚期,早於希臘字母(約公元前15世紀)數個世紀,隨著邁錫尼文明的衰落而消逝。寫有線形文字B的泥板大部分發現於克諾索斯、科多尼亞、皮洛斯、底比斯、邁錫尼等地。後繼的希臘黑暗時代,目前尚未發現線形文字B的實物。
線形文字B | |
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類型 | (帶有額外的表意符號) |
使用時期 | 青銅時代晚期 |
狀態 | 滅亡 |
書寫方向 | 從左至右 |
語言 | 邁錫尼希臘語 |
相關書寫體系 | |
父體系 | 線形文字A(可能)
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姊妹體系 | 賽普勒斯-米諾斯音節文字 |
ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Linb (401), Linear B |
Unicode | |
別名 | Linear B |
範圍 | U+10000–U+1007F 音節符號 U+10080–U+100FF 表意符號 |
1952年,麥可·文特里斯成功釋讀線形文字B。線形文字B主要在克里特島和希臘本土南部地區使用,時間大約為西元前1500年-西元前1200年。 線形文字B似乎與更早的線形文字A有某種聯繫。
文字
音節符號
特殊和未知符號
特殊音值 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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字符 | 𐁀 | 𐁁 | 𐁂 | 𐁃 | 𐁄 | 𐁅 | 𐁇 | 𐁆 | 𐁈 | 𐁉 | 𐁊 | 𐁋 | 𐁌 | 𐁍 | |||||||||||||||
轉寫 | a2 (ha) | a3 (ai) | au | dwe | dwo | nwa | pte | pu2 (phu) | ra2 (rya) | ra3 (rai) | ro2 (ryo) | ta2 (tya) | twe | two | |||||||||||||||
Bennett編碼 | *25 | *43 | *85 | *71 | *90 | *48 | *62 | *29 | *76 | *33 | *68 | *66 | *87 | *91 |
未轉寫和未確定的音值 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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字符 | 𐁐 | 𐁑 | 𐁒 | 𐁓 | 𐁔 | 𐁕 | 𐁖 | 𐁗 | 𐁘 | 𐀎 | 𐁙 | 𐁚 | 𐁛 | 𐁜 | 𐁝 | ||||||||||||||
轉寫 | *18 | *19 | *22 | *34 | *35 | *47 | *49 | pa3? | *63 | swi? | ju? | zu? | swa? | *83 | *86 | *89 | |||||||||||||
Bennett編碼 | *18 | *19 | *22 | *34 | *35 | *47 | *49 | *56 | *63 | *64 | *65 | *79 | *82 | *83 | *86 | *89 |
表意符號
字符 | 編碼 | 貝內特編碼 | CIPEM | 含義 |
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人和動物 | ||||
U+10080 | 100[1] A- | VIR vir |
人 | |
U+10081 | 102 A- | MUL mulier |
女人 | |
U+10082 | 104 Cn | CERV cervus |
鹿 | |
𐂃 | U+10083 | 105 Ca S- | EQU equus |
馬 |
𐂄 | U+10084 | 105 Ca | EQUf | 母馬[2] |
𐂅 | U+10085 | 105 Ca | EQUm | 公馬 |
𐀥 | U+10025 | 106 QI *21 |
OVIS ovis |
羊 |
𐀥 | WE *75 |
we-ka-ta Bous ergatēs |
"Adjunct to ox" (1973)[3] | |
𐂆 | U+10086 | 106b C- D- | 母羊f | EWE |
𐂇 | U+10087 | 106a C- D- | 綿羊m | RAM |
𐁒 | U+10052 | 107 RA *22 |
CAP capra |
山羊 |
𐂈 | U+10088 | 107b C- Mc | CAPf | 母山羊 |
𐂉 | U+10089 | 107a C- | CAPm | 公山羊 |
𐁂 | U+10042 | 108 AU *85 C- |
SUS sūs |
豬 |
𐂊 | U+1008A | 108b C- | SUSf | 母豬 |
𐂋 | U+1008B | 108a C- | SUSm | 公豬 |
𐀘 | U+10018 | 109 MU *23 C- |
BOS bōs |
牛 |
𐂌 | U+1008C | 109b C- | BOSf | 奶牛 |
𐂍 | U+1008D | 109a C- | BOSm | 公牛 |
度量單位 | ||||
110 | Z kotylai |
體積單位 杯[4] | ||
111 | V khoinikes |
體積單位 | ||
112 | T | 乾量 | ||
113 | S | 液量單位 | ||
114 | 重量 | |||
*21 | 重量 | |||
*2 | 重量 | |||
115 | P | 重量 | ||
116 | N | 重量 | ||
117 | M dimnaion[5] |
重量 | ||
118 | L talanton |
TALENT | ||
*72 G- | Bunch? | |||
*74 S- | 雙 | |||
*15 S- | 單個 | |||
*61 | Deficit | |||
按乾物測量 | ||||
𐂎 | U+1008E | 120 E- F- | GRA grānum |
小麥 |
𐂏 | U+1008F | 121 F- | HORD hordeum |
大麥 |
𐂐 | U+10090 | 122 F- U- | OLIV olīva |
橄欖 |
𐀛 | U+1001B | NI *30 F |
FICUS | 無花果 |
𐀎 | U+1000E | *65 | FARINA | 麵粉 "某種穀物"[6] |
𐂑 | U+10091 | 123 G- Un | AROM arōma |
佐料 |
KO *70 G- |
芫荽 | |||
𐀭 | U+1002D | SA *31 G- |
芝麻 | |
KU *81 G- |
孜然芹 | |||
SE *9 G- |
芹菜 | |||
MA *80 G- |
茴香 | |||
124 G- | PYC | 莎草 | ||
𐂒 | U+10092 | 125 F- | CYP | 莎草? |
126 F- | CYP+KU | 莎草+ku | ||
𐂓 | U+10093 | 127 Un | KAPO | 水果? |
𐂔 | U+10094 | 128 G- | KANAKO | 紅花 |
按液體測量 | ||||
按重量 | ||||
按重量或按單位 | ||||
按單位計數 | ||||
容器[7] | ||||
𐃟 | U+100DF | 200 | sartāgo |
蒸煮鍋 |
𐃠 | U+100E0 | 201 | TRI tripūs |
三足大鍋 |
𐃡 | U+100E1 | 202 | pōculum |
GOBLET? |
𐃢 | U+100E2 | 203 | urceus |
酒罐? |
𐃣 | U+100E3 | 204 Ta | hirnea |
大口水壺 |
𐃤 | U+100E4 | 205 K Tn | hirnula |
水壺 |
𐃥 | U+100E5 | 206 | HYD hydria |
提水罐 |
𐃦 | U+100E6 | 207 | 三足雙耳瓶 | |
𐃧 | U+100E7 | 208 | PAT patera |
碗 |
𐃨 | U+100E8 | 209 | AMPH amphora |
雙耳瓶 |
𐃩 | U+100E9 | 210 | STIRRIP JAR | |
𐃪 | U+100EA | 211 | 水箱? | |
𐃫 | U+100EB | 212 | SIT situla |
水罐? |
𐃬 | U+100EC | 213 | LANX lanx |
烹飪碗 |
家具 | ||||
𐃄 | U+100C4 | 220 Ta | scamnum |
腳凳 |
𐃅 | U+100C5 | 225 | ALV alveus |
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武器 | ||||
𐃆 | U+100C6 | 230 R | HAS hasta |
矛 |
𐃇 | U+100C7 | 231 R | SAG sagitta |
箭 |
𐃈 | U+100C8 | 232 Ta | *232 | ? |
𐃉 | U+100C9 | 233 Ra | 短劍 | |
𐃊 | U+100CA | 234 | GLA gladius |
弓 |
車輛 | ||||
𐃌 | U+100CC | 240 Sc | BIG biga |
輪式車 |
𐃍 | U+100CD | 241 Sd Se | CUR currus |
無輪車 |
𐃎 | U+100CE | 242 Sf Sg | CAPS capsus |
輪式車車架 |
𐃏 | U+100CF | 243 Sa So | ROTA rota |
車輪 |
線形文字B的Unicode編碼
Unicode4.0之後的為線形文字B提供了編碼碼位,其中音節符號碼位為10000–1007F,表意符號碼位為10080–100FF。
線形文字B音節符號 Unicode.org chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
U+1000x | 𐀀 | 𐀁 | 𐀂 | 𐀃 | 𐀄 | 𐀅 | 𐀆 | 𐀇 | 𐀈 | 𐀉 | 𐀊 | 𐀋 | 𐀍 | 𐀎 | 𐀏 | |
U+1001x | 𐀐 | 𐀑 | 𐀒 | 𐀓 | 𐀔 | 𐀕 | 𐀖 | 𐀗 | 𐀘 | 𐀙 | 𐀚 | 𐀛 | 𐀜 | 𐀝 | 𐀞 | 𐀟 |
U+1002x | 𐀠 | 𐀡 | 𐀢 | 𐀣 | 𐀤 | 𐀥 | 𐀦 | 𐀨 | 𐀩 | 𐀪 | 𐀫 | 𐀬 | 𐀭 | 𐀮 | 𐀯 | |
U+1003x | 𐀰 | 𐀱 | 𐀲 | 𐀳 | 𐀴 | 𐀵 | 𐀶 | 𐀷 | 𐀸 | 𐀹 | 𐀺 | 𐀼 | 𐀽 | 𐀿 | ||
U+1004x | 𐁀 | 𐁁 | 𐁂 | 𐁃 | 𐁄 | 𐁅 | 𐁆 | 𐁇 | 𐁈 | 𐁉 | 𐁊 | 𐁋 | 𐁌 | 𐁍 | ||
U+1005x | 𐁐 | 𐁑 | 𐁒 | 𐁓 | 𐁔 | 𐁕 | 𐁖 | 𐁗 | 𐁘 | 𐁙 | 𐁚 | 𐁛 | 𐁜 | 𐁝 | ||
U+1006x | ||||||||||||||||
U+1007x |
線形文字B表意符號 Unicode.org chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
U+1008x | 𐂀 | 𐂁 | 𐂂 | 𐂃 | 𐂄 | 𐂅 | 𐂆 | 𐂇 | 𐂈 | 𐂉 | 𐂊 | 𐂋 | 𐂌 | 𐂍 | 𐂎 | 𐂏 |
U+1009x | 𐂐 | 𐂑 | 𐂒 | 𐂓 | 𐂔 | 𐂕 | 𐂖 | 𐂗 | 𐂘 | 𐂙 | 𐂚 | 𐂛 | 𐂜 | 𐂝 | 𐂞 | 𐂟 |
U+100Ax | 𐂠 | 𐂡 | 𐂢 | 𐂣 | 𐂤 | 𐂥 | 𐂦 | 𐂧 | 𐂨 | 𐂩 | 𐂪 | 𐂫 | 𐂬 | 𐂭 | 𐂮 | 𐂯 |
U+100Bx | 𐂰 | 𐂱 | 𐂲 | 𐂳 | 𐂴 | 𐂵 | 𐂶 | 𐂷 | 𐂸 | 𐂹 | 𐂺 | 𐂻 | 𐂼 | 𐂽 | 𐂾 | 𐂿 |
U+100Cx | 𐃀 | 𐃁 | 𐃂 | 𐃃 | 𐃄 | 𐃅 | 𐃆 | 𐃇 | 𐃈 | 𐃉 | 𐃊 | 𐃋 | 𐃌 | 𐃍 | 𐃎 | 𐃏 |
U+100Dx | 𐃐 | 𐃑 | 𐃒 | 𐃓 | 𐃔 | 𐃕 | 𐃖 | 𐃗 | 𐃘 | 𐃙 | 𐃚 | 𐃛 | 𐃜 | 𐃝 | 𐃞 | 𐃟 |
U+100Ex | 𐃠 | 𐃡 | 𐃢 | 𐃣 | 𐃤 | 𐃥 | 𐃦 | 𐃧 | 𐃨 | 𐃩 | 𐃪 | 𐃫 | 𐃬 | 𐃭 | 𐃮 | 𐃯 |
U+100Fx | 𐃰 | 𐃱 | 𐃲 | 𐃳 | 𐃴 | 𐃵 | 𐃶 | 𐃷 | 𐃸 | 𐃹 | 𐃺 |
參見
註釋
- ^ Ventris and Chadwick (1973) page 391: "100 MAN is now used for all forms of the ideogram, so that 101 and 103 are now suppressed."
- ^ Ventris & Chadwick either edition do not follow the Wingspread Convention here but have 105a as a HE-ASS and 105c as a FOAL.
- ^ The 1956 edition has "Kind of sheep"
- ^ Chadwick (1976) page 105.
- ^ "Double mina", Chadwick (1976) page 102.
- ^ Ventris & Chadwick (1973) page 392.
- ^ Ventris and Chadwick (1973) page 324 has a separate table.
參考文獻
- Carpenter, Rhys, (1957) "Linear B" (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館), Phoenix, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Summer, 1957), pp. 47–62
- Chadwick, John. The Decipherment of Linear B. Second edition (1990). Cambridge UP. 1958 [2016-04-05]. ISBN 0-521-39830-4. (原始內容存檔於2020-05-22).
- Chadwick, John. The Mycenaean World. Cambridge UP. 1976. ISBN 0-521-29037-6.
- Chadwick, John. Linear B and Related Scripts; "Reading the Past". Third impression (1997). University of California Press/British Museum. 1987. ISBN 0-520-06019-9. has the Enkomi clay tablet, circa 1500 BCE., examples of Linear B tablets, and translated, the basic Linear B syllabary, the Cypriot syllabary and discussions thereof, and short sections on Linear A, and the Phaistos Disk.
- Fox, Margalit. The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code. Ecco. 2013. ISBN 978-0062228833.
- Levin, Saul. The Linear B Decipherment Controversy Re-examined. State University of New York Press. 1964. OCLC 288842.
- McDorman, Richard E. Language and the Ancient Greeks and On the Decipherment of Linear B (A Pair of Essays). 2010. ISBN 978-0-9839112-3-4.
- Palaima, Thomas G., "Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Writing: The Parallel Lives of Michael Ventris and Linda Schele and the Decipherment of Mycenaean and Mayan Writing" (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館), University of Texas at Austin, Eleventh International Mycenological Colloquium, 2000.
- Robinson, Andrew. The Story of Writing. Paperback edition (1999). Thames and Hudson. 1995. ISBN 0-500-28156-4. Chapter 6, Linear B, pp 108–119: discusses Arthur Evans, his work, the Cypriot clues, the syllabary, Alice Kober, the "Grid", and a sample tablet transliterated, and translated into English.
- Robinson, Andrew The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: the story of Michael Ventris (2002) Thames & Hudson ISBN 0500510776
- Singh, Simon. The Code Book. Anchor. 2000. ISBN 0-385-49532-3. for a general outline of the Linear B deciphering story, from Schliemann to Chadwick.
- Ventris, Michael. Work notes on Minoan language research and other unedited papers. Edizioni dell'Ateneo 1988 Roma. 1988.
- Ventris, Michael; Chadwick, John. Documents in Mycenaean Greek Second. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1973. ISBN 0-521-08558-6.
- Ventris, Michael; Chadwick, John (1953) "Evidence for Greek Dialect in the Mycenaean Archives" (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館), The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 73, (1953), pp. 84–103.
外部連結
查看維基詞典中的詞條「Category:Mycenaean Greek nouns」。
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- 開放目錄專案中的「線形文字B」
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