Linear B Syllable B044 Ke

It writes “ke,” an open syllable. An open syllable ends in a vowel; here, “ke” is the conventional transliteration for a consonant followed by a vowel. The sign contributes one syllabic unit inside a word, not a standalone word or object label.

The Linear A and Linear B relationship is a script-level adaptation: Linear B reused many Linear A signs and changed, dropped, or added others to write Mycenaean Greek. At Knossos, the earliest accepted group of Linear B texts is dated from the beginning of the 14th century BCE or the end of the 15th century BCE. That dates the surviving texts, not this sign by itself. Clay tablets recorded palace administration; the later Greek alphabet developed separately from Linear B.