Lydia Baumbach

"The main conclusion that I drew from this examination was that Greek and non-Greek names were almost inextricably mixed in the lists of men recorded on the tablets, which suggested that at the time when the tablets were written, the Mycenaean newcomers had merged to such an extent with the local inhabitants that there were no social distinctions between the two groups."

"I hope in a future publication to expand the examination of the Knossos tablets to cover the rest of the personal names, and the present study is a step in that direction."

"As in the case of the As tablets, the names of the women are recorded in a number of different ways. Some tablets, e.g. Ap 639, Ap 769 and Ap 5864 (which may be part of Ap 639), contain the names of women."

"SMID was both complex and comprehensive, with indices of linguistic, archaeological, historical, religious, and cultural topics, as well as individual words and phrases in the tablets."

"I examined the personal names occurring on the Knossos. As tablets as evidence for the social structure of Crete in the Late Minoan II period."