The focus of this paper is the relationship between the two most important place names mentioned in the Linear B tablets from Pylos: pu-ro (alphabetical Greek Πύλος) and pa-ki-ja-na/-ne (possibly *Σφαγιᾶνα/ες). This paper investigates the possibility of a sub-level territorial organisation and, as a consequence, that one of these two place names may be a form of district name, while the other may be the name of the main settlement within such a district.
Despite the ubiquity of situations of interaction and cultural contact in the ancient Mediterranean, the confrontation and re-negotiation of notions of value in such contexts has been seldom the focus of scholars. This paper will examine this aspect in the context of encounters occurring as a result of long-range interaction in the 2nd millennium BC.
Two Cretan Hieroglyphic seals and three Hieroglyphic seal impressions have been found at the Minoan settlement of Myrtos-Pyrgos on the south coast of Crete west of Ierapetra. The excavation has also produced an inscription that is more likely to be Hieroglyphic than Linear A.
The etymology of σμάραγδος is traditionally related to the Semitic root *brq, ʻto shineʼ. However, this article sets out the idea that this etymology comes from a Semitic word related to the root *wrq, ʻto be greenʼ, which is, in turn, related to myc. pa-ra-ku-we and its derivatives.
The Myc. PN a-o-ri-me-ne may be interpreted as a possessive compound ʻwho has the μένος of the sword’, or as ʻwho has the μένος in the swordʼ, if the compounding vowel -i- was still functional as a locative marker, as Ruijgh proposed, or simply as the combination of the two elements [rage] and [sword].
Au Minoen Récent IIIA-B seulement les structures de stockage du site crétois de Haghia Triada, dans la plaine de la Messara, étaient compatibles avec la quantité GRA 10300[, qui est associée au toponyme linéaire B da-wo dans la tablette de Cnossos KN F(2) 852+. Ce fait soutient l’identification da-wo = Haghia Triada, qui à son tour permet d’établir un terminus post quem pour la rédaction de la tablette en question.
Dieser Aufsatz stellt die neuen Inschriften und Zeichen der Linear A-Schrift vor, die in Milet während der Grabungen am Athena-Tempel 1994 bis zu Tage gekommen sind. Diese Gruppe von Lokalen und importierten Inschriften bestätigt den Gebrauch der Schrift in Milet und die engen Kontakte zu Kreta sowie dem südostägäischen Raum.
Given the latest archaeological evidence, one should expect terms pertaining to water management and hydraulic engineering in the Linear B corpus. Identification of such terms will aid in current and future interpretations.