Category: Poetry
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Re: Mycenaean Linear B Ideograms Level 5.1 Advanced/Military B 230 – 259
Re: Mycenaean Linear B Ideograms Level 5.1 Advanced/Military B 230 – 259:
For some time now I have been studying the Linear B Military Ideogram no 259 and could not think or even imagine what it could possibly be.
It was only when I recently had cause to refresh my memory as to the Military ideograms in readiness for the next Linear B Translation I have to work on that it suddenly appeared to me this ideogram may quite possibly resemble a “bow and arrow”. Could this be I wondered, or is it meant to be just a bow?
My Research:
With this image in mind I carried out my research hoping to find some proof of my idea by first consulting ‘Wikimedia Commons’ but here I found no evidence except for the actual ideogram as above, but with no meaning. The only significant information I found was on SALIMBETI.COM “The Greek age of Bronze”. Here there was one picture (see below) of a man with a simple curved bow which I thought looked anything near the ideogram 259, if in fact, it corresponds to what I think it to be. If not, maybe someone else may have an idea what this Ideogram 259 could be. There is more info about bows but more to do with Hunting on the site mentioned
Man with a Simple curved bow (Seal from Malia)
Rita Roberts
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Le Prince aux lys (sonnet) (fresque de Cnossos 1500 av. j.c.)
Le Prince aux lys (sonnet)
(fresque de Cnossos 1500 av. j.c.)
yZn ,<V wanaka kirino #a&nac xri&nwn
À l’alentour lys épars, échus à ses pieds,
le Prince aux lys séduit de son sortilège
les cuirassiers fiers et leurs coursiers dressés
qu’ils réjouissent en devançant le beau manège.
En pagne embelli d’azur si scintillant
qu’il éblouit les invités, voilà la grâce
d’onyx du bel éphèbe élu, insouciant
du sortilège insinuant Cnossos sans trace.
Devant les murailles aux dauphins ensoleillés,
les vieux augures arrivent à célébrer la joie
du dauphin qui s’incarne aussi aux invités
au mariage à vénérer l’épouse en soie.
Les bien-aimés s’agenouillent et, grâce aux dieux,
sans mot ils s’entrelacent à témoigner leur voeux.
Richard Vallance © 2015,
sonnet révisé ― été publié dans Sonnetto Poesia,
ISSN 1705-4524, pg. 16. Le vol. 6 no. 2, printemps 2007
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The Prince of Lilies (Sonnet) Knossos Fresco 1500 BCE
The Prince of Lilies (Sonnet)
(Knossos Fresco 1500 BCE)
yZn ,<V wanaka kirino #a&nac xri&nwn
Lilies at his feet, lilies in his hands,
the Prince of Lilies casts his sortilège.
proceeds with friends, with loved ones and his bands
of cuirassiers, and their white manège.
His loin cloth purled in alabaster folds,
a lily chaplet crowns his onyx hair,
a peacock feather glistening with golds
and azures in the fragrant air.
In sea green silk soigné for Royalty,
this way he casts and that his princely glance
the bridegroom incarnates for all to see,
before they commence the epipthalamic dance.
To come and wed his modest virgin bride,
her fine illumined grace he’ll take in stride.
Richard Vallance © 2015
Sonnet revised, previously published in
Sonnetto Poesia, ISSN 1705-4524, pg. 15. Vol. 6 No. 2, spring 2007
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REVISED: Co-op Storage of Olive Oil & Mass Production of Wheat in Linear B
I have had to REVISE this extremely important post, as Ms. Gretchen Leonhardt has brought to my attention a clear oversight in my interpretation of ama + epikere as a SINGLE word, when in fact they are SEPARATE on the tablet. Her comment clears up any problem my oversight would have occasioned.
Richard
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A Sonnet for Linear B
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The Year Civilization Collapsed 1177 BC
I simply have to reblog this! It covers everything, the fall of Troy, Mycenae, Minoan & Mycenaean civlization and the disappearance of the mysterious or not so mysterious sea peoples. Wonderful post! Richard
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A Sonnet for Linear B
My, my, what a beautiful sonnet this is! Extremely well thought-out. The inclusion of actual Linear B text in this sonnet really impresses me, and I am a sonneteer. If only we could get in touch with its author, whom I think is a really fine poetess, to be able to pull this off. Richard
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Learn How to Type Linear B FAST! – well, at least much faster than usual: Click to ENLARGE
Learn How to Type Linear B FAST! - well, at least much faster than usual: Click to ENLARGE
Typically, keyboard layouts for Mycenaean Linear B are so abstruse that they actually confuse us more than they help us. I hope to remedy this messy state of affairs with this brand new keyboard layout for Mycenaean Linear B which I have just devised, with its own mnemonics and other guidelines for easy learning. Here are the keys to this keyboard layout:
KEYS:
Your first time round, you must download & install the Linear B Font by Curtis Clark, here: Click to go to the site and download the font:
Once you have installed the Linear B Font, you can then proceed to type anything you like in Linear B, by following these steps in order.
(a) First you must change your Font from your default (Times New Roman, Georgia etc.) to Linear B
(b) Next, you should increase the size of your Linear B font 2 points up from your default font size in (a). Thus, if you default font size is 12 points, you should set the Linear B font to 14 points. You may also need to set the Linear B font to BOLD if it does not appear clearly enough to your satisfaction. This is up to you.
(c) SYLLABOGRAMS:
Syllabograms: If you start typing any linear series of 5 q w e r t y keyboard keys from the left to the right, you will be typing the entire series of a particular group of syllabograms from [consonant + a + e + i + o + u], as illustrated in the examples here:
If you type A S D F G, you will automatically get DA DE DI DO DU. Try it!
If you type a s d f g, you will automatically get TA TE TI TO TU.
If you type Z X C V B, you will automatically get NA NE NI NO NU.
If you type z x c v b, you will automatically get SA SE SI SO SU.
Etc.
NOTE the mnemonics, DATA & NASA, for the syllabogram series DATA = DA... + TA... and NASA for the syllabogram series NASA = NA... + SA... Think about it for a second or two, and you will get it. From then on in, it will be a cinch for you to type DA... from A... & TA... from a... (DATA) + NA... from Z & SA from z... (NASA). Anyway, it is for me. If you don ’t like using mnemonics (memory reminders, the string on an elephant ’s trunk), you can just skip this part.
The only exception to this is the series: q w e r t (lower-case LC), which gives you the 5 vowels in order: a e i o u.
Some series of syllabograms are incomplete. In these cases, you do not have to type as far across the keyboard. For example:
If you type Y U I O, you will automatically get QA QE QI QO
If you type y u i o, you will automatically get WA WE WI WO
Examples of actual Linear B text (Latinized):
If you type .Vv, you get the word, KONOSO (Knossos)
If you type hef, you get the word, PAITO (Phaistos)
If you type Ep, you get thew word, AIZA (goat)
If you type qXLe[, you get the word, ANEMOIYERIYA (Priestess of the Winds)
(d) NUMERICS:
These are easy. Once you are in Linear B, 1 = 1, 2 = 2, 3 = 10... 5 = 100 8 = 2,000 etc. The only thing you need to remember is how many times to press each number key to write a large number in Linear B, e.g. for 43,537, type: 0 0 8 7 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
(e) HOMOPHONES:
Some series (some of which are also incomplete) yield only homophones. For example:
SHIFT 1 2 3 4 5 = ! @ # $ % yield the homophones: ha nwa pu2 rai riya.
[ ] \ yield the syllabograms YE & YO + the homophone -two- & when shifted to upper case (UC)
{ } | yield the syllabograms ZE & ZO + the homophone -dwo- (lower case! LC)
You will be typing homophones very rarely; so you don’t really need to learn these keys. Just refer to the chart when you need to type homophones (at a ratio of some 100 syllabograms per homophone, i.e. 100:1)
CLOSING THE LINEAR B FONT & SWTICHING BACK TO YOUR DEFAULT FONT:
(A) You MUST follow these steps after you have finished typing text in Linear B.
(a) SAVE your document immediately in .doc or .docx format!
(b) SWITCH to your default font (e.g. Times New Roman or Georgia) and reduce your font size by 2 points (also remove BOLD if you used BOLD to type in Linear B).
(c) You may now continue typing in your default font. If Linear B still appears, and your default font does not, you have incorrectly followed this procedure.
TO SWITCH BACK TO THE LINEAR B FONT:
(B) You MUST follow these steps to switch to the Linear B font, after you have finished typing text in your default font (Times New Roman or...)
(a) SAVE your document immediately in .doc or .docx format!
(b) SWITCH to the Linear B font and increase your font size by 2 points (also add BOLD if you want your Linear B text to stand out).
(c) You may now continue typing in Linear B. If your default font still appears, but Linear B does not, you have incorrectly followed this procedure.
Simply alternate from (A) to (B) to switch back and from your default font & Linear B. DO NOT OMIT ANY STEPS!
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO TYPE LOGOGRAMS & IDEOGRAMS USING THE LINEAR B FONT.
Oh, and don’ t forget to print out this template of the Linear B font, laminate it in plastic and pin it to the wall above your computer for quick reference!
I shall illustrate how to insert these in your Linear B text in the next post.
Richard
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