Some notes on Mycenaean prosopography: the Knossian ‘shepherds’, their names, and their roles in Mycenaean society
Matilde Civitillo This paper presents a critical reassessment of the assumed direct correlation between the Greek or non-Greek character of the anthroponyms recorded in the Linear B documents from Knossos and the ethnic or social identity of the individuals to whom these names are attributed. The analysis centres on the D-series tablets from Knossos –…
Recensione a: Louis Godart, Les scribes de Pylos
(in collaborazione con il progetto «Inscribe. Invention of Scripts and Their Beginnings» a cura di Silvia Ferrara) Biblioteca di «Pasiphae», Collana di filologia e antichità egee 13, Pisa – Roma, Fabrizio Serra editore, 2021. 232 pp. ISBN 978-88-3315-283-7 (paperback); ISBN 978-88-3315-285-1 (hardcover); e-ISBN 978-88-3315-284-4. Matilde Civitillo Pubblicato a un anno di distanza da quello in…
Discussing writing in Cretan hieroglyphic script from an anthropological perspective
Matilde Civitillo In this paper, I intend to discuss how to interpret the notion of writing in Cretan Hieroglyphic script on different supports (i.e. seals, clay documents and vessels) more comprehensively, following a theoretical framework influenced by integrational semiology. Special attention will be dedicated to the analysis of a whole series of external stimuli (from…