A Mycenaean Tomb Inventory

Abstract

The above group of tablets is among the most interesting of those discovered by Prof. C. W. Biegen during the excavations at Ano Eñglianos in 1952-53. They have already been the subject of a paper by M. Ventris. The present essay is the result of an independent study of these texts, and the excuse for its publication is that, while there is broad agreement between Ventris and myself, we differ in a number of details important for our knowledge of Mycenaean culture and above all in our interpretation of the opening formula which refers to the occasion on which these documents were drawn up. It will be well under each topic to list the points of agreement before proceeding to the discussion of our differences.