L2/01-084

 

From: Deborah Anderson, Vis. Scholar, Dept. of Linguistics, UC Berkeley

Date: January 28, 2001

 

Re: Status Report on Aegean Script Proposal (Linear B, Aegean Numbers and Cypriot Syllabary)

 

The Aegean scripts proposal by Michael Everson (http://www.egt.ie/standards/iso10646/pdf/aegean.pdf) has been distributed to various specialists of Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. Yves Duhoux (D�partement d'�tudes grecques, latines et orientales, Facult� de Philosophie et Lettres, Universit� Catholique de Louvain, Belgium) has already reviewed it carefully. Further input is being sought from Emmett Bennett (Emeritus, Univ. of Wisconsin), Jean-Pierre Olivier (Fonds National Belge de la Recherche Scientifique), John Bennet (Oxford), Tom Palaima and Kevin Pluta (University of Texas at Austin), Ivo Hajnal (University of Innsbruck) and Jos� Melena (Universidad del Pais Vasco).

 

The Linear B (=Mycenaean) scholarly community is very interested in seeing Linear B included in Unicode and passed a resolution at the Eleventh Mycenological Colloquium at Austin, Texas, in May 8-12 to this effect. The Co-chair of the Committee on Scholarly Tools and Resources for this group, Yves Duhoux, is taking an active role in seeing the proposal for Linear B proposal (and other Aegean scripts) move forward.

 

A more mature proposal is expected by the May UTC meeting.