Template:Did you know nominations/PY Ta 641

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 12:32, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

PY Ta 641

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• ... that the tablet PY Ta 641 was instrumental in proving that Michael Ventris had indeed deciphered Linear B? Source: * Tracy, Stephen V. (2018). "The Acceptance of the Greek Solution for Linear B". Hesperia. 87 (1): esp. 9–10. doi:10.2972/hesperia.87.1.0001. JSTOR 10.2972/hesperia.87.1.0001. S2CID 186486561.
  • ALT1: ... that PY Ta 641, a 3,000-year old Linear B tablet, was originally intended to be destroyed after a year? Source: * Bennet, John (2001). "Agency and bureaucracy: thoughts on the nature and extent of administration at bronze-age Pylos". In Voutsaki, Sofia; Killen, John (eds.). Economy and Politics in the Mycenaean Palatial States. Cambridge Philological Society. p. 29. ISBN 9780906014264. (NB: Bennet talks about Linear B tablets as a whole set)
  • ALT2: ... that PY Ta 641 was among the first Linear B tablets discovered on the mainland of Greece? Source: * Judson, Anna P. (2020). The Undeciphered Signs of Linear B: Interpretation and Scribal Practices. Cambridge University Press. pp. 6–7. doi:10.1017/9781108859745. ISBN 9781108859745.
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Henry Clay Frick House (2nd nomination)

Created by UndercoverClassicist (talk). Self-nominated at 20:29, 5 March 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/PY Ta 641; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.

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Overall: A great article, thank you; good to go, with the original=first hook, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 14:29, 10 March 2024 (UTC)