da-ma-te

hapax at PY
cf. me-ri-da-ma-te?, po-ru-da-ma-te?

Definitions

Duhoux 2011: nothing to do with the goddess Demeter; ‘households’, ‘homesteads’, cf. δάμαρ ‘spouse’, with etymology of δὀμος ‘house’

Chadwick & Ventris 1973: “meaning approximately ‘house-holds’” cf. possibly δάμαρ

References

Chadwick, John and Michael Ventris, 1973 Documents in Mycenaean Greek

Duhoux, Yves, 2011 A Companion to Linear B: Mycenaean Greek Texts and their World vol. II “Interpreting the Linear B Records: Some Guidelines”

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