Professional profile

Philologist | Epigrapher | Mycenologist | Specialist in Aegean protohistory

I am a philologist and epigrapher specializing in the study of the Aegean and Cypriot scripts of the Bronze Age — Cretan Hieroglyphic, Linear A, Linear B, and Cypro-Minoan. My research focuses on Minoan and Mycenaean palatial societies and economies, with particular attention to written sources and administrative systems. I am the editor-in-chief of Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici (SMEA NS) and co-editor of the series Incunabula Graeca.

CNR Disciplinary Fields and Research Management Sectors

• SH5_4 – Philology; text and image studies
• SH6_8 – Ancient history, medieval history
• SH4_10 – Language typology; historical linguistics

MUR Italian Scientific-Disciplinary Sector

• HELL-01/A Philology and Civilization of the Aegean and Pre-Classical Mediterranean

Groups & Labs CNR ISPC

Prehistory and Protohistory →

Publications

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Highlight

M. Del Freo (2005). I censimenti di terreni nei testi in lineare B. Pisa-Roma, IEPI. ISBN 88-8147-422-0.

J.-P. Olivier, M. Del Freo (2020). The Pylos Tablets Transcribed. Deuxième édition. Padova, Libreria Universitaria.it Edizioni. ISBN 978-88-3359-205-3.

M. Del Freo, J. Zurbach (2024). Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A. Supplément 1. Ecole française d’Athènes, Paris. ISBN 978-2-86958-642-0.