Minoan Linear A tablet from Zakros, sukini = a type of fine wine no. 40

Minoan Linear A tablet from Zakros, sukini = a type of fine wine no. 40:

Here we see the famous Cup Bearers fresco from Knossos, which I myself was thrilled to see myself on May 2, 2012, when I visited the site.

Cup Bearers Fresco Knossos

Minoan Linear A tablet from Zakros deals with sukini = a type of fine wine. This is the fortieth Minoan Linear A term I have deciphered to date.

 ZAKROS WINE scales wine sukini

Sappho, spelled (in the dialect spoken by the poet) Psappho, (born c. 610, Lesbos, Greece — died c. 570 BCE). A lyric poet greatly admired in all ages for the beauty of her writing style.

Her language contains elements from Aeolic vernacular and poetic tradition, with traces of epic vocabulary familiar to readers of Homer. She has the ability to judge critically her own ecstasies and grief, and her emotions lose nothing of their force by being recollected in tranquillity.

Marble statue of Sappho on side profile.

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