LINEARE A. AHHIYAWA. DUE NOTE A PROPOSITO DI UN RECENTE MANUALE DI EPIGRAFIA MICENEA

Abstract

ABSTRACT – The author of this article, drawing inspiration from M. Del Freo – M. Perna
(eds.), Manuale di epigrafia micenea. Introduzione allo studio dei testi in lineare B (Padova
2016), just focuses on two topics, that is: on the Minoan language of Linear A script, which,
according to him, may belong to the family of Indo-European languages, in particular to the
Anatolian branch, and on the kingdom of Ahhiyawa reported in the Hittite records, where,
as he suggests by analyzing the names of the kings, clues are detectable of a struggle between
Mycenae and the Boeotian centres to impose their own supremacy.