Linear B tablets from the Palace of Nestor, Pylos: photo
The palace archive survives because the destruction fire baked the clay. Linear B ends with the palaces, so these are among the last texts written in Mycenaean Greece; some record rowers and coastal watchers that have been read as preparations against a threat from the sea.
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Where it was made
Palace of Nestor, Pylos · Palace
Sources 1
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Linear B tablets from the Palace of Nestor, Pylos [Artifact ART0D4657JM2S4R]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D4657JM2S4R
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title = {Linear B tablets from the Palace of Nestor, Pylos},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Artifact, catalog key ART0D4657JM2S4R},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D4657JM2S4R}
}