Leaf-shaped Linear B tablet recording sheep, the shepherd Anthemos or Artemos, the owner of the herd, where it is kept and how many male and female sheep it contains

Details

• Title

  Leaf-shaped Linear B tablet recording sheep, the shepherd Anthemos or Artemos, the owner of the herd, where it is kept and how many male and female sheep it contains

• Associated place

  Europe › Greece › Crete › Heraklion › Knossos (place of excavation)

• Date

  Late Minoan IIIA1 Period (c. 1400 - c. 1375 BC)

• Material and technique

  clay

• Object type

  communications equipment › tablet

• Dimensions

  11.8 cm (length)
  2.6 cm (height)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, 1938.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 20 | Aegean World

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1938.850

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