Minoan Linear A, Mycenaean Linear B and Arcado-Cypriot Linear C

Minoan Linear A decorated ceramic, kitina, Cf. Linear B kot0na = plot of land?

Minoan Linear A decorated ceramic, kitina, Cf. Linear B kot0na = plot of land?

minoan decorated ceramic

This Minoan Linear A decorated ceramic is inscribed with the single word, kitina, which looks very much like the Mycenaean Linear B word kotona or kotoina, which means “a plot of land”. If this is the case, it would appear that the ceramic is a personal token of the owner of a plot of land. It could also be a personal name, but this is less likely. What appears to ber the genitive singular, kitanasija, also appears in Linear A.

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