INDEX LinB words si-ta-ro | si-to | si-to-ko-wo | si-to-po-ti-ni-ja | su-ki-ri-ta | su-mi | su-qo-ta-o | Greek words σιτηρός | σιτοπότνια | σιτος | σιτοχόω | σκοτάω | σκοτέω | συγχριστός | συχρίτη | Japanese words (Hiragana) すみ | Japanese words (Kanji) 墨 | 炭 | Japanese words (Romaji) sumi | si-ta-ro | σιτηρό(ς) […]
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INDEX LinB words se-ri-no | se-to-i-ja | Greek words σέλῑνον | στοiά | se-ri-no | σέλῑνο(ν) (selinon) | celery, parsley MY Ge 604 (Scribe 58a) 10.18.14 se-to-i-ja | στοιά (stoia) | a magazine, a warehouse; a roofed colonnade Knossos (Scribes 101, 103, 106, 117, 132, unknown) = στοά (stoa) Cf. LinA se.to.i.ja, which appears in […]
INDEX LinB words sa-me-ti-jo | sa-pa-ka-te-ri-ja | sa-pi-da | sa-pi-de | sa-sa-ma | Greek words σημάδιον | σημάτιον | σησάμη σφάκτρια | Latin words Sepiidae ___________________________________________________________________________________________ sa-me-ti-jo | σημάδιο(ν) (semadion) | an ensign, a flag sa-me-ti-jo | σημάτιο(ν) (semation) | a mark, a sign, a token KN K 875 (Scribe 102) sa-me-ti-jo is a dimuative […]
INDEX LinB words ro | ro-u-si-jo | Greek words *ῥο | ῥουσίζω | ῥούσιος | ro || from ku.ro “to count” | *plus KN V 280 (Scribe 124) ro appears to be founded in the LinA ku-ro, which has long been understood as “total”. Cf. Jap. kuru “to count”. Note that the syllable /ku/ is […]
INDEX LinB words re-u-ka | ri-no | Greek words λευκά | ῥινός | re-u-ka | λευκά (leuka) | white KN L 471 (Scribe 211) Mycenae (Scribes 57, 58a) 10.22.14 ri-no | ῥινό(ς) (hrinos) | hide, skin; shield Knossos (Scribes 103, “124”e, unknown) Pylos (Scribe 1) 01.17.14
INDEX LinB words re-ka | re-po-to | Greek words ῥάκη | ῥαπτός | re-ka | ῥάκη (hrake) | a ragged, tattered garment PY Ep 212 (Scribe 1) IPN re-ka appears to refer to someone with tattered clothes. 10.14.14 re-po-to | ῥαπτό(ς) (hraptos) | *(1) pierced; (2) sewn, stitched KN L 693 (Scribe 103) PY Un […]
INDEX LinB words ra-pi-ti-ri.ja | ra-pte | ra-pte-ri-ja | ra-qi-ti-ri.ja | ra-su-to | ra-to | Greek words ῥᾶιστον | ῥάϊστος | ῥαίστωρ | ῥήϊστος | ῥάκτρια | ῥάπτης | ῥάπτρια | ῥητός | ra-pi-ti-ri.ja ra-pi-ti-ra2 = ra-qi-ti-ri.ja not ra-pte-ri-ja PY Ab 555 (Scribe 21) pu-ro ra-pi-ti-ra2 > prob. πυρό(ς) ῥάπτρια (puros raptria) “threshed wheat”. 12.21.13 ra-pte […]
Note: AB *016, formerly PA2 or QA is now transcribed as QPA. See Phonetic Key. INDEX LinB words qpa-jo | qpa-ti-ja | Greek words καίω | κητία | χάϊος | qpa-ti-ja | κητία (ketia) | fishery of large fish, esp. thunny (tuna) KN As 1519+ (Scribe 101) (IPN) KN Fh 355 (Scribe 141) = κητεία […]
Note: AB *016, formerly PA2 or QA is now transcribed as QPA. See Phonetic Key. INDEX LinB words qi-ni-te-we | qi-si-pe-e | qo-ro-ka | < p style=”text-align: justify;”>Greek words κινητής | κρόκη | ξίφαι | qi-ni-te-we | κινητής (kinetes) | an inciter, a mover KN D 1024+ (Scribe unknown) In context, qi-ni-te-we may indicate 100 […]
Note: AB *016, formerly PA2 or QA, is now transcribed as QPA. See Phonetic Key. INDEX LinB words qe-ri-ta | qe-to | qe-to-ro-we Greek words †κατορος | χατος | χρίστης qe-ri-ta | χρί(σ)τη(ς) (khristes) | a whitewasher qe-ri-ta | χρί(σ)τη(ς) (khristes) | a stucco maker PY Eb 900 (Scribe 41), Ep 613+ (Scribe 1) (IPN) […]
INDEX LinB words pu-ro | ]pu-ti[ Greek words πυρός | πυτι ___________________________________________________________________________________________ pu-ro | πυρό(ς) (puros) | wheat, triticum vulgare Pylos “wheat tablets” Due to the frequency of this reference on Pylian tablets, scholars assume an alternation of /l/ for /r/ and surmise Πύλος (Pulos) “Pylos”. However, pu-ro is often accompanied by ko-wo, which is found […]
INDEX LinB words po-si | po-ti-jo | po-ti-ni-ja | po-ti-ni-ja-we | pte-no | pe-te-re-wa | Greek words πόσις | ποτίζω | πότνια | Ποτνιάς | πτανός | πτελέα | πτελέη | πτηνός | pte-re-wa | πτελέα (ptelea) | an elm pte-re-wa | πτελέη (ptelee) (Ionic) | an elm KN Se series (Scribe 127) KN So […]
INDEX LinB words po-ro | po-ro-ko | Greek words φόρκος | Φόρκος | πόρος | πόρω | φόρος | φορός | ___________________________________________________________________________________________ po-ro | (n.) πόρο(ς) (poros) | (1) ferry, ford; (2) means, revenue po-ro | (v.) πόρω (poro) | to give, to impart, to offer po-ro | φόρο(ς) (poros) | that which is carried […]
INDEX French words pomme LinB words po-de | po-ka | po-ku-ta | po-me | po-ni-ki-jo | po-pu-ri.jo | Greek words πόδα | ποκάς | πόκες | πόκη | ποκτήρ | πόμα | πορφυρέω | πορφυρίζω | πῶμα | φοινίκεος | φοινίκιος | po-de | πόδα (poda) | a foot PY Ta 641 (Scribe 2) 01.16.14 […]
INDEX LinB words pi-ri-je-te | pi-ri-te | pi-ri-no | Greek words πειρατής | † πιριέτα | πρῖνος | πρινών | pi-ri-je-te | † πιριέτα for πειρατής (peirates) | pirate; brigand, sea robber KN Ra 1547, 1548, 1549 (Scribe 126) pi-ri-je-te appears to be an early form of πειρατής “pirate”, which may be the result of vocalic […]
INDEX LinB words pe-te-re-wa | pi-i.ja-ra | pi-je-se-me | pi-mo-no | Greek words πήμονος | πῖαρ | πίασμα | πίειρα | πίεσμa | πτελέα | πτελέη | pe-te-re-wa | πτελέα (ptelea) | an elm pe-te-re-wa | πτελέη (ptelee) (Ionic) | an elm KN So 894 (Scribe unknown) The elm is called “the spreading tree” and was […]
This is a three-sided seal. α. wa β. pa-ta-jo γ. ḍọ-ka-ma do-ka-ma | δόκημα (dokema) | vision pa-ta-jo | φατειό(ς) (phateios) | speakable, utterable wa | ἁ | α (alpha) privative, which expresses lack; prefix un- α. ἁ privative β. φατειό γ. δόκημα α. un- β. speakable γ. vision Notes: See related inscription BE Zg 1. Hapaxi > do-ka-ma […]
.1 ku-ru-me-no-jo , o-ka , pe-ri-te-u , .2 wo-ne-wa , a-ti-ja-wo , e-ru-ta-ra , .3 o-*34-ta , me-ta-pi-jo , ke-ki-de , .4 VIR 50 .5 .6 u-pi-ja-ki-ri-jo , ku-re-we , VIR 60 .7 me-ta-qe , pe-i , e-qe-ta , .8 a-re-ku-tu-ru-wo , e-te-wo-ke-re-we-|i-jo| .9 -i-jo , .10 .11 ta-ti-qo-we-wo , o-ka , to-wa , .12 po-ki-ro-qo , pe-ri-no , de-u-ka-ri-jo […]
INDEX LinB words pe-re-ku-ta | pe-ri-no | pe-ri-qo-ro-jo | pe-ri-ra-wo | pe-ri-te-u | Greek words παραχύτης | περιρρέω | περιττεύω | περίχωρος | περιχωρόζω | pe-re-ku-ta | παραχύτη(ς) (parakhutes) | one who pours in, esp. a bath attendant PY An 172 (Scribe 1) 08.20.17 pe-ri-no | πρῖνο(ς) (prinos) | the holm oak (Quercus ilex) or […]
The Tripod Tablet An inventory of vessels and contents Scribe 2 Note the determinatives–tripods and vases–at the end of each line and the numerical correspondences of their projections to certain preceding words in each line. For example, compare ti-ri-o-we with the vase with three projections. .1a ke-re-a2 *201 VAS[ [See the superscript at the end of the […]
INDEX LinB words pe | pe-di-je-we | pe-i | pe-ko | pe-ma | pe-mo | Greek words πᾶς | πάχος | πεδιάς | πει | πημα | πήμων | ___________________________________________________________________________________________ pe | πᾶ(ς) (pas) | all Knossos (Scribes 102, 103, 106, 116, 117, 207, unknown) A majority of the approximately 80 entries for pe are found […]
INDEX LinB words pa-sa-ro | pa-si | pa-si-te-o-i | pa-wi-no | pa-wo | Greek words φάϝος | φαίνω | φάος | φασι | *φασιταοί | φαῦος | √ ΦΑΩ | ψαρόν | ψαρός | ψηρός | pa-sa-ro | ψαρό(ν) (psaron) | a siccative powder pa-sa-ro | ψαρό(ς) (psaros) (Doric) | dappled, speckled pa-sa-ro | ψηρό(ς) (pseros) | dappled, speckled […]
INDEX LinB words pa-ro | Greek words πῆρος | πηρός | pa-ro | πῆρο(ς) (peros) | dotage, loss of strength pa-ro | πηρό(ς) (peros) | disabled, incapacitated, maimed Knossos (Scribes 112, 114, 116, 120, 124, unknown) Pylos (Scribes 1, 2, 14, 21, 22, 41, 43, Ci, Cii, Ciii) Thebes (Scribe 304, γ, ζ) 10.26.14
INDEX LinB words pa-i-to | pa-ja-ni | pa-ja-ni-jo | pa-ka-na | pa-ke-te-ri-ja | Greek words παιᾶνις | παιᾱνίζω | σφάκτρια | σφάγνος | φαῖστος | Φαῖστος | φάσγανον pa-i-to | φαῖ(σ)το(ς) (phaistos) | bright, shining pa-i-to | Φαῖ(σ)το(ς) (Phaestos) (attested) Knossos (Scribes 103, 117, 128, 130, 132, 136, 210, unknown) LA pa.i.to and LB pa-i-to are […]
INDEX LinB words o-u-ki-te-mi | o-u-te-mi | Greek words οὐταμι | οὐχιταμι | o-u-ki-te-mi | *οὐχιταμι (oukhitami) | *uncut, undivided (for distribution) o-u-ki | οὐχί (oukhi) | not, on the contrary (adverb) te-mi | τάμε (Ionic for ἔταμε) | cut te-mi | ταμί(α) | manager, one who distributes KN V 280 (Scribe “124”) Perhaps τάμε […]
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