Tag: Mycenaean Greek

• The top of Minoan Linear A Tablet ZA 20 (Zakros) restored on academia.edu

  The top of Minoan Linear A Tablet ZA 20 (Zakros) restored on academia.edu
  
  Click on the link below to read this key contribution to research into Minoan Linear A tablets:
  
  
  
  
  
  Minoan Linear A tablets appear to be classed in two primary areas of interest (a) agriculture, and more specifically, crops and grains and (b) religious and sacerdotal. It is to the former that we turn our attention in this study. Focusing on certain Linear A tablets which deal primarily or almost exclusively with grains, we find that these three tablets yield the most promising results, Haghia Triada tablets HT 86 & 95 and Zakros tablet ZA 20. While HT 86 and HT 95 are intact, ZA 20 is not. Other Linear A tablets from Haghia Triada also contribute to our findings.
  
  
  
  
  
  Is it possible to envision an intact version of the original ZA 20 tablet from Zakros? We believe so, and with that firmly in mind we have attempted the first ever restoration of the top of ZA 20, resulting in what amounts to a plausible intact version, however hypothetical, of the original.  So without further ado, we present the full restoration of our version of Linear A tablet ZA 20.
  
  
  
  
  
  

• summer haiku = virgin of the sea, in Mycenaean Linear B, ancient Greek, English and French

  summer haiku = virgin of the sea, in Mycenaean Linear B, ancient Greek, English and French
  
  
  
  virgin of the sea,
  the priestess of the winds
  blesses our fleet
  
  vièrge de la mer,
  la prêtresse des vents
  bénit notre flotte 
   
  Richard Vallance
  
  

• 2 haiku in Mycenaean Linear B, ancient Greek, English and French, believe it or not! Believe it!

  2 haiku in Mycenaean Linear B, ancient Greek, English and French, believe it or not! Believe it!
  
  
  
  
  

• Translation of Linear B tablet KN 571 Rb 01 by Rita Roberts

  Translation of Linear B tablet KN 571 Rb 01 by Rita Roberts:
  
  
  
  This is the very last tablet Rita Roberts has had to translate to fulfill the requirements of her third year of university.  In 3 years she has translated at least 250 tablets. Congratulations are in order! 
  
  

• Translation of Linear B tablet KN 562 Se 01 by Rita Roberts

  Translation of Linear B tablet KN 562 Se 01 by Rita Roberts:
  
  
  
  
  

• Rule 12: Conversion of LINEAR B KESE KOSO & KUSU to the ancient Greek alphabet

  Rule 12: Conversion of LINEAR B KESE KOSO & KUSU to the ancient Greek alphabet:
  
  
  
  It is highly advised that you practice converting KESE KOSO & KUSU etc. from Linear B to ancient Greek by writing them out over and over until you have mastered all the spellings.
  
  
  

• Translation of Linear B tablet KN 558 R I 61 by Rita Roberts

  Translation of Linear B tablet KN 558 R I 61 by Rita Roberts:
  
  
  
  

• Translation of Linear B tablet KN 536 R i 01 by Rita Roberts

  Translation of Linear B tablet KN 536 R i 01 by Rita Roberts:
  
  
  
  

• Translation of Knossos tablet KN LD (1) 573 by Rita Roberts

  Translation of Knossos tablet KN LD (1) 573 by Rita Roberts:
  
  
  
  This tablet presents several difficulties. While a literal translation is adequate, we must use our imagination to render a fluent translation. For instance, in line 1.we translate “delivered free” as “tariff free”, since in line 2. the cloth is “foreign”, i.e. “imported”, as well as being “decorated”  or more accurately “embroidered”. In addition in 3. the supersyllabogram WI can mean either simply “leather” or “made of leather”, implying that there is a piece made of leather to go with the imported embroidered cloth. So as we can see, this is far from being a straightforward translation. It is in fact one of the most difficult tablets Rita Roberts has ever had to translate. 
  
  

• To the Land of Dreams: Overview of the Linear B Lexicon

  To the Land of Dreams: Overview of the Linear B Lexicon
  
  
  
  This site provides us with a superb overview and summary of the contents of the Linear B Lexicon by Chris Tselentis.... a must read!  
  
  It includes examples of noun declensions and verb conjugations. The entire Linear B Lexicon is found on this site!
  
  
  
  
  

• Utube pronunciation of Linear B!

  Utube pronunciation of Linear B!
  
  You have to check this out if you want to know how to pronounce Linear B! This Utube video is just amazing!
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Translation of Knossos Linear B tablet KN 554 R o 06 by Rita Roberts

  Translation of Knossos Linear B tablet KN 554 R o 06 by Rita Roberts:
  
  
  
  

• Translation of Knossos Linear B tablet KN 530 R l 23 by Rita Roberts

  Translation of Knossos Linear B tablet KN 530 R l 23 by Rita Roberts:
  
  
  
  
  

• The ancient Greek alphabetical numeric system

  The ancient Greek alphabetical numeric system:
  
  
  
  This chart illustrates both the ancient Greek acrophonic and alphabetical numeric systems. However, the acrophonic system, used primarily in Classical Athens ca. 500 – 400 BCE, came much later than the alphabetical system. So in effect we must resort to the only Greek numeric system we can use to represent numbers in Mycenaean Greek numbers, i.e. the alphabetical system. The alphabetical numbers are displayed in the second column after the modern numbers, 1 – 100,000 in the following chart. Here are some examples of alphabetic numbers representing Mycenaean numbers: 
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Summer haiku - Knossos by the sea = Knossos au bord de la mer in Linear B, ancient Greek, English and French
  
  
  
  Konoso
  para tarasa
  anemoiereya 
  
  Knwsso/j
  para_ qa&ssash]
  a21nemou i'e/ria
  
  Knossos 
  by the sea
  Priestess of the winds
  
  Knossos
  au bord de la mer
  prêtresse des vents
  
  Richard Vallance
  
  
  

• Rule 10b: Converting Linear B to Greek: Q series of syllabograms to Greek p & Rule 10c: Converting Linear B to Greek: Q series of syllabograms to Greek b

  Rule 10b: Converting Linear B to Greek: Q series of syllabograms to Greek p & Rule 10c: Converting Linear B to Greek: Q series of syllabograms to Greek b:
  
  
  
  
  

• Rule 10a: Converting Linear B to Greek: Q series of syllabograms to Greek k

  Rule 10a: Converting Linear B to Greek: Q series of syllabograms to Greek k:
  
  
  
  
  

• Translation of Linear B tablet KN 594 R b 10 on textiles by Rita Roberts

  Translation of Linear B tablet KN 594 R b 10 on textiles by Rita Roberts:
  
  
  
  
  

• winter haiku in Mycenaean Linear B, ancient Greek, English and French, snow on the summit

  winter haiku in Mycenaean Linear B, ancient Greek, English and French, snow on the summit, with the English version below and all of the other languages on the haiku image of the mountain and the church:
  
  snow on the summit
  of a Cretan mountain −
  a church
  
  
  
  Richard Vallance
  
  REPOST from 2017
  
  

• The ancient Greek alphabet with Linear B equivalents where they exist

  The ancient Greek alphabet with Linear B equivalents where they exist:
  
  
  
  Here we find the table of the ancient Greek alphabet including the archaic letter # (digamma), pronounced “wau” as in “wow!” It is clear from this table that many ancient Greek letters have no exact Linear B equivalents. However, even these Greek letters can be replaced by Linear B syllabograms, which we shall introduce later.