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The excavators of Mycenae added in 1953 and 1954 important new materials to the small but excellent archives of Mycenae. It was primarily to publish these that the present edition of the Mycenaean texts from Mycenae was undertaken. Contents: Intro.: The Discovery of the Tablets; The Residential Quarters of Mycenae; The Setting; The House of Shields; The House of the Oil Merchant; The House of Sphinxes; The Tablets; Cat. of Inscriptions from Mycenae: Photos and Drawings; Appendix: Inscribed and Marked Objects; Texts of the Mycenaean Inscriptions from Mycenae: Copies and Transliterations; Epigraphic Commentary; Translations and Linguistic Commentary; Index. Over 100 illus. A print on demand report.