NEW JOINS OF LINEAR B TABLETS FROM KNOSSOS

by J. T. Killen

In May-June, 1961, I was enabled by grants from the Michael Ventris Memorial Fund and the Craven F’und of the University of Cambridge to v i s i t Crete, in order to study the o r ig ina l s of the Linear B t ex t s from Knossos in the Iralclion Museum. During th i s v i s i t , i t WES found possible t o make for ty-s ix joins of fragmentary ‘ c a t t l e ’ t ab l e t s , and the for ty-four tex ts restored as a resu l t a r e recorded here. I t w i l l be noted that the great majority of these jo ins a re w i t h fragments from the ‘7000’ s e r i e s , which previously had not been ser iously searched for t h i s purpose, and i t must be s t ressed that as a thorough examination of a l l the material WRS not feas ib le on t h i s occasion, the poss ib i l i t y remains of many more jo ins -involving members of thiw series beiw made i n the future.

Ihe restored tex ts a r e pr inted below i n t ranscr ip t ion , following the conventions adopted i n E. L. Bennett, J. ahadwick, M. Ventris The Knossos Tablets (Second ed i t i on with correct ions and addi t ions by J. Qladwick, with the ass i s tance of F. W. Householder: BICS Supplement No.7, 1959). with the exceptions tha t lacunae a r e indicated by square rather than round brackets, and doubtful signs by dots and not as te r i sks . Although, as there, no attempt i s made to provide a f u l l c r i t i c a l apparatus to the tex t , readings of KT 11 a r e recorded where these d i f f e r s ign i f i can t ly from those printed. To avoid confusion, the se r i e s c l a s s i f i ca t ions made i n KT 11 a r e retained, but an indicat ion of the se r i e s to which each tex t must eventual ly be assigned is added in parentheses. Although most of these t ex t s f a l l i n to categories of ‘cat t le’ record already w e l l known, and o f fe r merely addi t iona l a t t e s t a t ions of vocabulary famil iar from other D t ab le t s , occasional po in ts have been f e l t t o demand fur ther comnent, and t h i s a l so is added.

I am deeply indebted to Dr. N. Platon and Miss C. Mavriyannis for t he i r kind- ness i n making the t ab le t s ava i lab le for study i n I rak l ion , and to Dr. J. (Ihadwick, who has checked my manuscript, and made several suggestions towards i t s improve- ment&

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(=) Lhv 926 & D 7294 & 0 7330

.a ko-m-we- to

. b JNI-JA-SO da-+22-to RAM 60 N D L 8 o.HooL 7

Lo-ma-we-to: tu-ma-we-to KT I I . For ko-ma-we-to cp. Dn 931 & D 7293 etc.

DD 924 & X 7563 .A .B lU-DA-RA se. EWE 100

(Do) ki.pe.RAM 9. [

2 a . W [ ..I

N - D A - R A : t u -da - ra KT I Z . ae. EWE: EWE KT IZ. For me. EWE cp. Do 919 & 921 etc.

Jh 931 & D 7293

.a ko-ma-we- to

. h J-LM sa-jo RAM 100 RWL 28 .. 'Ihe amount of Hoa recorded he re is s u r r i s i n g , a s t h e r a t i o of RAMS t o WXL on Dk t e x t s i s normally 4 : l . e v i d e n t l y pe rmi t t ed where s t r ic t adherence to t h i s ro o r t i o n would i n v o l v e descen t i n t o s u b d i v i s i o n s of t he LR (3LR =! dk u n i t ) ( s e e Dk 1071, whew t he t o t a l number of M S i a 50, bu t t h e t o t a l amount of KNL 12 u n i t s , 1 IP ( = 12 1/3 u n i t s ) ; and cp. Ilk 10731, d e p a r t u r e front t h i s r f t t i o is v the rwise unknown.

h t h o u g h approximation is

Dl 932 &. 963 & D 7291 (Dl) .A sa-pa2-re-jo ,! a-ko-ro e-pe-ke 40 BWL. [ .R PA2-RA2-IID N - S O - ~ O o . k i . RAM 40 o . p W

D1 949 & D 7145

.A e-se-re-c-jo EWE 40 - 2 c

.B 1-TA s u - r i - m o o.EWE 20 o.ki.RAM 60 [

bu-ri-mo: 1-50 KT ZI

X 997 & D 720B

.a

. b ] T0-M ne-we po-ka PO- ti-ni- j a-we- j a

po-&a: a-LKT ZI (Benne t t ) , PO- .. [ V e n t r i m

This t e x t w i l l be t h e s u b j e c t of a f u r t h e r a r t ic le to appear in La Parola del Paeseto.

D1 1046 & 0 7281

.A e-se J-re-e- jo CEWE 120 P+woL c

.B 3 ra-su-to o.ki.RAM 50 WX 3 [

Da 1L4B & D 7222

. A u- ta- j 0- j o

.B 1-RI ri-jo-no RAM 100

]-a : 1-w-m .. RT I1 ( B e n n e t t ) , p - J O VenCrla, 1-RI Chadwick

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(De) De 1153 & D 7212

. A we-we-si-jo-jo RAM 75 EWE3 0.w 2 . B IX-TA-JA-m da-*22-to

The t o t a l number of c a t t l e recorded h e r e (80) i s somewhat abnormal ( c o n t r n s t t he u s u a l t o t a l of 100, or, less f r e q u e n t l y , 50 or 200). But t o t a l s o f , e.g. , 120 (De 1409 & 1617), 140 (De 1585) or 220 (De 1381) can be adduced a s p a r a l l e l s .

Dw 1156 & D 7236

.A

. B A-RE-KE-SE-U pa-i-to we- we- s i - j o

Jh 1164 & 1421 & D 7169

.A we-we-si - jo

. B IX-I-QO-TA pa- i - to

Da 1167 & D 7194

RAM 100

RAM 130

.A we-we-si-jo-jo RAM 157 [ . B 3-R3 di-ro o.RAh4 1 c

157 : 357 KT ZZ

Dw 1168 & D 7168

.A we-we-si - j 0- j o RAM 91 .B MA-DI e-ko-so

EWE9 c c

Ixv 1173 & D 7121

IxI-FU2-RA-Z0 pa-i-to RAM 200 bottom edge: ku- ru-me-ni - j o ke- to

KT ZZ omi t s k e - t o on D 7121 edge. The ‘shepherd’s’ name k e - t o a p e a r s on t w o Knossian c a t t l e r eco rds a p a r t from t h i s , Da 1134 and La 1135. I n each ca:e, t h i s is i n a s s o c i a t i o n with t h e place-name +56-ko-we and t h e name u - t a - j o (which i s gen.s in . u - t a - j o - j o on Da 1135). k e - t o a l s o appears a t Py los , on 01 4g6.1, where analogy p o i n t s again t o a pe r sona l name. sugges t ive of a patronymic, and t h e appearance o f t h e pe r sona l name ku-ru-me-no on t e x t s from both Knossos (SC 236) and P y l o s (Sn 64.. 5; An 654.1 (gen. s ing . 1) makes i t c e r t a i n t h a t t h i s e n t r y r e f e r s to ‘ k e - t o t h e son of &u-ru-me-no’. I ts e x a c t purpose, however, must remain e n i g n a t i c .

c o l l e c t o r ’ s ’

’Ihe i - j o s u f f i x of ku-ru-me-ni - jo i s a t Once

Dw 1262 & D 7162 (Db)

.A RAM 68 EWE 32 . R SA-ZE-ps) paZ-ra

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De 1294 & D 7221

. A RAM 20 EXVE 10

.B QE-DA-DO-KD rrerasnres] J r u - k i - t o 0.W 70

Dw 1296 & D 7158

.A

.B MA-FA-PI-JO

hv 1392 & 1619 & D 7112

RAM 87 EWE 12 r u - k i - t o pa.RAh4 1

.A a- tc- jo

.B KU-KE-TD s e - t o - i - j a RAM 100

Dx 1415 & D 7074

.A u - t a - j o

.B RI-MA-ZO t u - n i - j a RGM 200

X 1464 & D 7070

. A w e - w e - s i - j o - j o RAM 38 EWE 62

.B A-NU-KO pa-i-to c 1 A-NU-KO : a-iiuc KT I Z

Dx 1503 & D 7183

. A da-+22-to RAM l 5 0 [ .B DI-WO u- t a - j o - j o c

250[ : lSO[ KT I2

Dw 1588 & 5705 & D 7233

.A RAM 100 c

.B TA-+49-m pu-na-so c

X 1618 & D 7174

ma c I-!? c .b TA-NA-TO e-ko-so

I-?: : i l l e g i b l e RT I I e - k o - ~ o t p-[ KT ZI

Do 5010 8s D 7084

.A k i . p e . RAM 10 0.w 30

.B [illegible] se. ENE 100 za. RAM

(Do)

?he tablet is corn l s t e exce t for a portion t o the left bearing the

12 top of the ( t h r e e . ) I: nmjuscufe signs with which the entry comsnces.

Ih 5212 & D 7237

3 re - to RAM 77 EWE 23

Dw 5310 & Db 6062

* A 1 RAM 76 EWE 24 .B 3- JO ku- ta- to

Dw 5336 & D 7201

. A 1 RAM6 c

.B 1-KU su-ri-mo u- ta - jo - jo [ 3 SKIP

Da 5391 & Df 5395

- A I RAM 110 EWE 40[ *B 1 pe.RAM 4 c

110 : 110 KT ZI

D 7068 & D 7265

.A 1 - t e - j o RAM TO[ 3 EWE 20

.B 3 d o - t i - j a 0. RAM 7

I - t e - jo : 1- jo RT IZ. Traces of the sign precedin J - t e - j o would be consonant with e i ther a (cp. a - t o - l o on De 1308 e tc . ) or po (cp. pe-rl-qo-te-jo on Da 1333 & M 15 e t c . ) . RAM 70 : [ 3 60 [ AT ZZ.

D 7069 & D 7292

.A 1 EWE 43 'UWIL 3 m c

(D1)

.B 3 0. EWE 7 o . k i . RAM 50 0 . [ WOL

0 . EWE : o. EWE KT rz

D 7095 & D 7275

3 RAM 80 EWE 20

D 7109 & D 7166

' A 1 RAM60 *B 1 u- ta - j 0- j o

D 7110 & D 7226

.A 3 RAM 49 JTAE 51

.B 3 vacat

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D 7118 & D 7229

* A 1 78 EWE 22 .R ]-to

D 7132 & D 7279

* A 3 EWE 50 WOOL 6 .B ki.]RAM 50 0. W L 4

D 7138 & D 7864

. A s a - p a 2 - r e - j o L?WE c

.B 3-Iio r a - j a o.ki.FW4 [ .. EWE : SiEWX KT XI. I-? re-jo : 1-rn-r RT rr For r n - l a cp. D1 1388 e tc .

D 7141 & D 7264

. A ]sa-pzii- [?re- j o ] [ i l l e g i b l e ] [

.B ]*56-ko-we-e o .k i . RAM 50 [

-lae-pa2-r : 1-sa-r KT IX. For se-pag-re-jo cp. D l 932 & 963'8~ D 7291 etc;

D 7147 & X 7851

EWE c PO- t i -ni - j ?-we- j o * A 1 .B 1 k a - ru-no 0.iCi:RAM [

EWE : 3IEEP" KT 21. For EWE cp. D1 412 etc. ...

D 7155 &s D 7199

r a - j a r : The remaining t r a c e s of the rlght-harid s i d e of the doubtful sign a r e more sug e s t i v e of l a than nu, the v e r t i c a l s t roke having, been c a r r i e d $own r a t h e r f a r i f au was intended. following u- ta - j o a l s o suggests t h a t the word contsined two, r a t h e r than three , signs, and thus of t h e two place-names with i n i t i a l ra which commonly appear on D t e x t s , r e - j a is l i k e l i e r than ra-su-to t o have appeared here. u - t a - l o :.[ : u- ta - jo [ KT 22

ra-su[ or r a - j a RT I I . .. ..

The spacing etween t h i s word and the

D 7193 & D 7198 (h)

* A 1 RAM 51 EWE 40[ .B ] tu -n i - ja [ RAM19 [

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D 7228 & D 7204

- A 3 da-mi .. - [ni 1- jo w c .B 1-RA ku- t a - to Pe. RAM c

p e . RAM : pe. slEEPx KT ZI

D 7249 & D 7282

.A ]RAM 20 RCCL6 I B 1

.B 3 0.uOoL 3 h B 2

0 . m L : 3-0 woa RT zz

D 7284 & D 7290 & 0 7333

]so : 3 so KT r I I?! 0.: 3 0. KT IZ

Churchiff College, Carnbr idge

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