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General information

Mnamon has information, pictures, and links relating to ancient writing systems of the Mediterranean, including Linear B.

The Dartmouth Aegean Prehistoric Archaeology site offers a series of ‘lessons’ on the archaeology of the prehistoric Aegean, with images and bibliography. Lessons 19-28 deal with the Mycenaean period.

Archival collections

The Cambridge Linear B Research Archive (CaLiBRA) contains the Mycenaean Epigraphy Group’s collection of photographs of Linear B tablets from Pylos.

The Institute of Classical Studies holds an archive of Michael Ventris’ papers; the catalogue is available online.

The Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory (University of Texas at Austin) has extensive archival collections of material relating to Michael Ventris, Alice Kober, and Emmett L. Bennett.

Kober’s and Ventris’ correspondence is available online.

The Ashmolean Museum’s Sir Arthur Evans archive has information on Evans and the Ashmolean’s Aegean collections, digitised archival material, and the museum’s digitised collection of Linear B tablets from Knossos.

Online Resources

Aegean font download – this font includes all ancient Aegean and Cypriot scripts.

DAMOS: Database of Mycenaean at Oslo is a database of all published Linear B texts, in transcription.

Dicconario Micénico is the website for the Mycenaean Dictionary (in Spanish; currently indices only).

Liber is a database providing text, photographs, and information about the Linear B tablets from Mycenae, Tiryns, and Midea (more sites are to be added in future).

Nestor is a bibliography of Aegean studies, Homeric society, Indo-European linguistics and related fields.

Studies in Mycenaean Inscriptions and Dialect (SMID) is a bibliography of Mycenaean studies, with indices.

John Younger’s Linear A website offers Linear A texts (in transcription) and related resources.

Societies and mailing lists

AegeaNet is a discussion and news list for Aegean studies.

Aegeus Society is for researchers of Aegean Prehistory and offers news on excavations, publications, and events.

Latest news

Dr Roko Rumora, Senior Curator, Mediterranean Antiquities (Fitzwilliam Museum) and Faculty of Classics

14 April 2026

The Faculty is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Roko Rumora (Assistant Curator of Ancient Art, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH) as Senior Curator, Mediterranean Antiquities at the Fitzwilliam Museum, from 13th April 2026, in a linked appointment with the Faculty.

Teaching Associate in Latin Literature (Fixed Term)

27 March 2026

The Faculty of Classics is seeking to appoint a temporary Teaching Associate in in Latin literature from 1 October 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter) for twelve months. Applications are invited from those with a primary research interest in Classical Latin literature. Closing date: 5 May 2026 For more information on...

Assistant Professor in Classical Linguistics and Comparative Philology [Temporary Cover]

27 March 2026

The Faculty of Classics is seeking to appoint a temporary Assistant Professor in Classical Linguistics and Comparative Philology from 1 September 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter) for three years. Applications are invited from those with a primary research interest in Classical Linguistics and Comparative Philology...

Assistant Professorships in Classics (Greek Literature)

25 March 2026

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Dr Chiara Meccariello (University of Exeter) and Dr Oliver Thomas (University of Nottingham) have been appointed to Assistant Professorships in Classics (Greek Literature) from 2026/27.