Re: 50th birthday of Linear B

Michael Everson wrote:

> So... after 1953-10-04 and before 1954-04-09.

Thank you. But I'd restrict it to 1953-10-04 .. 1953-12-31, because several
on-line sources give 1953 as the publication year of the article on JHS.

> The breakthrough was earlier than that. Ventris wrote to Sir John
> Myres in mid June 1952 that "the tablets are in GREEK".

Yes, I know. But unluckily I can't bring the clock back to June 2002 to open
my bottle.

(If I could, I'd go back directly to 1903 and be the first man who
deciphered an ancient script before it was discovered. While there, I could
use 21st century weapons murder a couple of children around Europe: a
certain Benito M. in an Italian high school, a certain Adolf H. in Austrian
elementary school, a certain Yosip Dzh. in a Georgian theological
seminary... :-)

> The first "publication" appears to be the BBC radio programme
> "Deciphering Europe's early scripts" which was broadcast on
> 1952-07-01.
>
> So what date should be International Linear B Day?

Yeah, I guess that the radio programme is the earliest and most famous
announcement of the discover. But I can't wait fifty more years for a bottle
of wine...

_ Marco