# Linear B tablets from the Palace of Nestor, Pylos

> 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…

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**ART** 0D4657JM2S4R·Artifact · document

# Linear B tablets from the Palace of Nestor, Pylos

PhotographCC BY-SA 4.0Written in the palace's last year; baked by the fire that destroyed it

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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.

Zde. CC BY-SA 4.0

## Copies 4

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## Where it was made

[Palace of Nestor, Pylos](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D464FWT7N6F/palace-of-nestor-pylos) · Palace

## Sources 1

- [1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (revised and updated edition)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D464C7M25GF/1177-b-c-the-year-civilization-collapsed-revised-and-updated)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Linear B tablets from the Palace of Nestor, Pylos [Artifact ART0D4657JM2S4R]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D4657JM2S4R
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**ART** 0D4657JM2S4R

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National Archaeological Museum, Athens

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written in the palace's last year; baked by the fire that destroyed it

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