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To: Fred Nerks

Looks like either a recipe or an inventory; not really “literary,” as in conveying a series of facts or thoughts.


14 posted on 07/30/2008 7:20:14 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Jimmy Carter is the skidmark in the panties of American History)
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To: editor-surveyor

It’s probably a catalog of taxes paid or owed. That is how writing was invented, to record taxes. Tax collecting is likely the second oldest profession.

I blieve most of the Linear B (Greek) sources are lists of commodities owed/collected as taxes, plus lists of officer assignments, eg, coast watchers, governors, etc. I do not believe any literary texts have been discovered on Linear B tablets.


23 posted on 07/30/2008 7:49:19 PM PDT by FFranco
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To: editor-surveyor

Yes, looks like an inventory of some sort. Too many of the items look like they could be held in one’s hand.


40 posted on 07/31/2008 4:06:38 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (Homeschooled and homeschooling.)
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