TY - JOUR

T1 - “Michael Ventris and Fritz Schachermeyr: Their Correspondence between 1949 and 1954”

AU - Nosch, Marie Louise Bech

AU - Weilhartner, Jörg

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - The correspondence between Michael Ventris and Fritz Schachermeyr around the collaborative Mid-Century Report and the crucial months of the decipherment of Linear B in spring 1952 offer interesting insights on how Ventris communicated the progress he made in the decipherment, but also how uncertainties and doubts emerged along the way. The same years mark Schachermeyr’s return to academia after his dismissal due to his adherence to National Socialism. Although only a few years had passed since the end of World War II, the former conflicting sides seem to have had no influence on their academic choices and correspondence. Ventris and Schachermeyr hence became early allies in the promotion of the decipherment

AB - The correspondence between Michael Ventris and Fritz Schachermeyr around the collaborative Mid-Century Report and the crucial months of the decipherment of Linear B in spring 1952 offer interesting insights on how Ventris communicated the progress he made in the decipherment, but also how uncertainties and doubts emerged along the way. The same years mark Schachermeyr’s return to academia after his dismissal due to his adherence to National Socialism. Although only a few years had passed since the end of World War II, the former conflicting sides seem to have had no influence on their academic choices and correspondence. Ventris and Schachermeyr hence became early allies in the promotion of the decipherment

KW - Faculty of Humanities

KW - Linear B Decipherment

KW - World War ii

KW - Michael Ventris

KW - Fritz Schachermeyr

U2 - 10.19272/202433301019

DO - 10.19272/202433301019

M3 - Journal article

VL - 18

SP - 283

EP - 300

JO - Pasiphae

JF - Pasiphae

SN - 1974-0565

ER -