Tag Archives: John Chadwick

[Thesis Generator] sa-pe-ra vs. sa-pi-da

Posted on 27 November 2012 by K.A. Raymoure

What do you think? 39 years after the 1973 publication of the 2nd edition of Documents in Mycenaean Greek by John Chadwick and Michael Ventris, I still constantly encounter questions that remain open from their early work. I keep a … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypotheses & Theories | Tagged Alfred Heubeck, John Chadwick, Leonard R. Palmer, Linear B, Michael Ventris, Pierre Carlier, sa-pe-ra, sa-pi-da, SMID, thesis generator, Thomas Palaima, what do you think? | 1 Comment

Linear B Data Project Update – lexicon definitions are growing

Posted on 18 September 2012 by K.A. Raymoure

One or more definitions are now available for all of the in-tact lexical elements in the following Knossos Linear B series: KN Ag, KN Ai, KN Ak, KN Am, KN Ap, KN As KN B, KN Bg KN C, KN … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypotheses & Theories, Inscriptions | Tagged John Chadwick, Linear B, Michael Ventris, Yves Duhoux | Leave a comment

po-ni-ki-jo, what art thou?

Posted on 14 August 2012 by K.A. Raymoure

po-ni-ki-jo is a favourite Linear B word of mine. The number of definitions suggested for it seems proportionate to the number of Mycenologists who have studied it. Hooker thought perhaps it was a palm tree, Chadwick & Ventris believed it … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypotheses & Theories, Inscriptions | Tagged *116, *117, commodities, J.T. Hooker, John Chadwick, Jose Melena, Knossos, Linear B, measurement units, Michael Ventris, po-ni-ki-jo | Leave a comment

Why is sa-pi-de a commodity and not an allative?

Posted on 24 July 2012 by K.A. Raymoure

sa-pi-de appears on PY Vn 19 and MY Ge 602. The -de ending frequently denotes an allative of a toponym (place name). ko-no-so-de is “to ko-no-so”, sa-ma-ra-de is “to sa-ma-ra”, etc. Reverse engineering this, we might expect to find “sa-pi” … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypotheses & Theories, Inscriptions, Publications | Tagged commodities, John Chadwick, Linear B, Michael Ventris, Mycenae, Pylos, sa-pi-de, toponyms | 8 Comments

Linear B AB17: za is ka2?

Posted on 7 May 2012 by K.A. Raymoure

za … or ka2? I was surprised to recently discover a new phonetic value proposed for the above symbol by Palmer (1980) and del Barrio Vega (1996 publication from 1991 conference proceedings), traditionally transliterated as “za”. The original value “za” … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypotheses & Theories, Inscriptions, Publications | Tagged a3-za, AB17, John Chadwick, Leonard R. Palmer, Linear B, María Luisa del Barrio Vega, Michael Ventris, phonology, Ruth Palmer, su-za | 6 Comments

Cryptolinguistics

Posted on 2 September 2011 by K.A. Raymoure

These quotes are from The Linear B Decipherment Controversy Re-Examined by Saul Levin (1964) Ventris’ and Chadwick’s criteria for evaluating phonetic values of symbols: “For a sign to be allotted a fixed syllabic value it must occur in a vocabulary … Continue reading →

Posted in Publications | Tagged cryptolinguistics, decipherment, Emmett Bennett Jr., John Chadwick, Linear B, Michael Ventris, Saul Levin | Leave a comment

Linear B: Singular, dual and plural

Posted on 6 March 2011 by K.A. Raymoure

Today, I am studying singular, dual and plural nouns in Linear B. An example from the word index in Documents in Mycenaean Greek by John Chadwick and Michael Ventris: singular: 1 A-MO; 1 DI-PA dual: 2 A-MO-TE; 2 DI-PA-E plural: … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypotheses & Theories, Publications | Tagged John Chadwick, Linear B, linguistics, Michael Ventris, nouns, Ugaritic, wikipedia | 2 Comments

of Apocope and Agent Nouns

Posted on 23 February 2011 by K.A. Raymoure

I’m still reading “The Women of Pylos” by John Chadwick in Texts, Tablets and Scribes: Studies in Mycenaean Epigraphy and Economy Offered to Emmett L. Bennett, Jr. (Suplementos a MINOS num. 10). I’m a slow reader :> Here is some … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypotheses & Theories, Publications | Tagged John Chadwick, kiminoa, Linear B, linguistics, Pylos, Suplementos a Minos | 12 Comments

TA-DA! Extra rations on the Pylos Linear B tablets

Posted on 21 February 2011 by K.A. Raymoure

This is an excellent example of the kind of implicit information that the Cretan writing systems have embedded in it. Implicit information is information which must be guessed at either from context or, even more difficult, was simply assumed by … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypotheses & Theories, Publications | Tagged agriculture, commodities, Emmett Bennett Jr., figs, H. Ota, J.T. Killen, John Chadwick, Leonard R. Palmer, Linear B, Mycenaean, Occupations, PY Ab, PY Ab 277, PY Ab 745, Pylos, Rations, Women | 3 Comments

Mycenaean Greek Linear B Toponyms: Allatives and Ethnics

Posted on 4 February 2011 by K.A. Raymoure

What is an allative? (wikipedia: allative) An allative is a case of a toponym (place name) which means to Toponym. What is an ethnic? An ethnic is a geographic adjective. Cretan is an ethnic of toponym Crete. A Linear B … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypotheses & Theories, Inscriptions, Publications | Tagged Athens, ethnics, Greek, John Chadwick, Koroni, Linear B, linguistics, Matt Harmston, Michael Ventris, PY Vn 01, Pylos, toponyms, wikipedia | 20 Comments