A writing system used in Crete and Mainland Greece in the Final Palatial and Postpalatial periods, the peak of the Mycenaean civilisation. Linear B consists of signs representing syllables (syllabograms) and signs representing objects, commodities or living creatures (logograms). It has been deciphered and is in the Greek language. The signs were incised by specialised scribes on palm-leaf and page tablets of unbaked clay. Painted inscriptions are also found on vases. Most of the tablets made in Late Minoan ΙΙΙΑ2 were used for the logistical administration of the sources of wealth and human resources of a wide territory covering the greater part of the island. In this context, documents were written recording the harvest of various crops, the products and artefacts of the palatial workshops and other independent production units, human resources and specialisations, the different stages in the distribution of olive oil and the perfumed oils produced from it, commercial transactions, the complex taxation system and a type of land registry, as well as offerings of quantities of goods to various deities.