Plaster Cast of a Minoan Linear B Tablet

KN CE 59 Transliteration 1. lma-sa/we-ka-ta BOSm 6//da-wo/we-ka-ta BOSm 6 2a. ta-ra-me-to [.]-mo 2b. ku-]ta-to/we-ka-ta BOSm 10//da-*22-to/we-ka-ta BOS 6 3a. [.]-mo 3b. ] tu-ri-so/we-ka-ta BOSm6//ku-do-ni-ja/we-ka-ta BOSm50 2b. 10 over [[6]] 3. Whole line over erasure 3a. da-mo almost impossible (perhaps re-mo) Translation 1. PN workers OXEN 6 PN workers OXEN 6 2a. MN? MN? 2b. PN workers OXEN 10 PN workers OXEN 6 3a. 3a. MN? 3b. PN workers OXEN 6 PN workers 50 Comment The 'C, Ca, Ch, Co, Dm, Dn' series record groups of miscellaneous livestock -- mostly oxen and pigs, with some animals which are still unidentified. Tablet Ce 59 lists numbers of 'working oxen' at various places. Two groups of oxen are described as da-mo: 'for the village' - perhaps an indication of public property or a public work force.

Wood, Heidi, "Casts of Linear B Tablets in the World Heritage Museum. A Translation and Short Commentary", UIUC Paper, April, 1978.