Tag Archives: Andras Zeke

The Ring of Minos

Posted on 30 November 2011 by K.A. Raymoure

The Ring of Minos (1600 – 1450 BCE), Iraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete “It is a truism in archaeology that religious interpretations are often assigned to artifacts that are otherwise as yet inexplicable [...]” – D.J. Ian Begg Signet rings are … Continue reading →

Posted in Archaeology, Art, Hypotheses & Theories, Publications | Tagged Andras Zeke, Arkhanes, Demeter, harvest, kiminoa, Nota Dimopoulou, Ring of Minos, signet ring, Yorgos Rethemiotakis | 1 Comment

Oil Adjectives E-PI-KO-WA and PO-RO-KO-WA in Linear B

Posted on 16 December 2010 by K.A. Raymoure

I’m still reading Melena’s “Olive Oil and Other Sorts of Oil in the Mycenaean Tablets” from Minos vol. 18. I’m a slow reader. I tell myself it’s because I’m thorough ;> p. 109 “[...] oil qualifications were recorded at Knossos … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypotheses & Theories, Inscriptions | Tagged Andras Zeke, commodities, Glen Gordon, Greek, John Chadwick, Jose Melena, KN Fh 343, KN Fh 380, L. R. Palmer, Linear B, Michael Ventris, oil, Perseus Digital Library | 6 Comments

Starting from Q

Posted on 1 December 2010 by K.A. Raymoure

1 Dec 2010 19:34: Edited to add: make sure to read Andras’ comment on the Q* series in Linear B, etc. – it is full of useful information that helps provide further context for this subject The Q* Phonemes Being … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypotheses & Theories, Inscriptions | Tagged A310, AB16, AB78, Andras Zeke, David Packard, Egyptian, HT101, HT117, HT118, HT122, HT13, HT18, HT28, HT36, HT7, HT8, HT82, HT85, HT87, HT93, HT99, hypotheses, Jean-Pierre Olivier, kiminoa, Linear A, Linear B, livestock, Louis Godart, sheep, theories, Yves Duhoux | 7 Comments

Symbol AB45 – acrophonic abbreviations and a Minoan pun?

Posted on 30 October 2010 by K.A. Raymoure

Symbol AB45, transcribed as DE from its Linear B equivalent, appears in two forms in Linear A. the cross-legged variant @ Hagia Triada (HT9, HT13, HT31, HT86, HT94, HT95) and Kophinas (KOZf2) the three-legged variant @ Zakros (ZA10, ZA11, ZAZb3), … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Hypotheses & Theories, Inscriptions | Tagged AB45, AB54, Andras Zeke, CRZf1, dolphins, GORILA, Hagia Triada, HT13, HT31, HT86, HT9, HT94, HT95, kiminoa, Knossos, KNZf31, Kophinas, KOZf2, Linear A, Linear B, linguistics, Miguel Valerio, Minoan Libation Formula, Roy Wright, ZA10, ZA11, Zakros, ZAZb3 | 8 Comments

Linear A Symbol AB45: DE vs. DE and KE

Posted on 20 October 2010 by K.A. Raymoure

Thanks to a recent private correspondence with Andras Zeke, I realize I should post about a certain assumption I’ve been making for a long time about symbol AB45 which may not be conventional. If you’ve also noticed this or read … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypotheses & Theories, Inscriptions | Tagged AB45, Andras Zeke, GORILA, Hagia Triada, HT13, HT31, HT86, HT9, HT94, HT95, John Younger, kiminoa, Knossos, KNZf31, Kophinas, KOZf2, Linear A, Linear B, Louis Godart, theories, ZA10, ZA11, Zakros, ZAZb3 | 2 Comments

2 Linear A Hypotheses: KI-RO, KU-PA3-NU

Posted on 5 October 2010 by K.A. Raymoure

I ran across two theories on two of my favourite Linear A sequences today while I was reading the article “The land-tenure texts from Hagia Triada” by Daniël A. Was in Kadmos vol. 20 issue 1 from 1981. KI-RO Theory … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypotheses & Theories, Inscriptions, Publications | Tagged AB2, AB27, AB55, AB56, AB59, AB6, AB67, AB81, Andras Zeke, Byblos, Daniel Was, Emilio Peruzzi, Hagia Triada, HT108, HT120, HT2, HT8, hypotheses, inscriptions, journals, Kadmos, KI-RO, kiminoa, KU-RO, Linear A, sequences, theories | 1 Comment

Minoan blogs

Posted on 13 September 2010 by K.A. Raymoure

Nice! I just found this: http://minoablog.blogspot.com/ It provides some nice historical and linguistic context for the Cretan Hieroglyphs, Linear A and Linear B, as well as some very useful resources in the side bar.

Posted in Publications | Tagged Andras Zeke, archaeology, Cretan Hieroglyphs, Linear A, Linear B, linguistics, links, Minoa | 1 Comment

Things that Linear A isn’t: Chinese

Posted on 13 September 2010 by K.A. Raymoure

Six or so years ago, when I first started exploring Linear A, I spent quite awhile comparing it to Chinese. I’d recognized AB57 as the Chinese radical for MÙ eye. Symbol AB57 First, I confirmed the early origin of Chinese … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypotheses & Theories | Tagged AB131, AB24, AB57, Andras Zeke, books, Chinese, Christopher Sumption, hypotheses, kiminoa, Li Ying, Linear A, linguistics, Lionel Casson, Things that Linear A isn't, wikipedia, William McNaughton | 5 Comments

Holy Cow! A beloved and incorrect theory linking Egyptian and Minoan via two Arkalokhori axe inscriptions

Posted on 3 September 2010 by K.A. Raymoure

There are two gorgeous double-axes, one gold, one silver, from Arkalokhori with matching Linear A inscriptions. This is the inscription, normalized: Using Louis Godart’s 1984 proposal of Linear A and Linear B equivalents, and confirming against John Younger’s Linear A … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypotheses & Theories, Inscriptions | Tagged AB1, AB28a, AB4, AB80, Andras Zeke, Arkalokhori, ARZf1, ARZf2, axes, Cretan Studies, Egyptian, Gareth Owens, Hebrew, John Younger, Joseph Brennan, kiminoa, Linear A, Linear B, livestock, Louis Godart, Raymond Faulkner, sequences, theories, Things that Linear A isn't | 5 Comments

A sequence from Zakros

Posted on 1 September 2010 by K.A. Raymoure

I’m heading to the library today to find articles on this sequence of symbols which appear on ZA4 and ZA15. Have you read or written any on the subject?

Posted in Inscriptions | Tagged A79, AB38, AB41, AB78, Andras Zeke, B14, Cretan Studies, inscriptions, Ioannis Georgopoulos, kiminoa, Linear A, Palace of Minos, sequences, ZA15, ZA4, Zakros | 5 Comments