Ke-ra-me-ja is a woman's name that appears on a Linear B tablet from Knossos. It means "potter", and combines two major strands of Cynthia Shelmerdine's scholarly pursuits: Mycenaean ceramics and Linear B texts. The essays presented to her in this volume demonstrate that her research has had a wide-ranging influence.

The title of this volume, ke-ra-me-ja in Linear B, was chosen because it means ¿potter¿ (?e??¿e?a, from Greek ???a¿??, ¿potter¿s clay¿) and combines two major strands of Cynthia Shelmerdine¿s scholarship: Mycenaean ceramics and Linear B texts. It thereby signals her pioneering use of archaeological and textual data in a sophisticated and integrated way. The intellectual content of the essays demonstrate not only that her research has had wide-ranging influence, but also that it is a model of scholarship to be emulated.