Plaster Cast of a Minoan Linear B Tablet

KN Fp 13 Transliteration 1. ra-pa-to 'me-no' , *47-ku-to-de OLE V 1 pi-pi-tu-na V1 2. au-ri-mo-de OLE V4 pa-ai-te-o-i S1 qe-ra-si-ja S1 3. a-ne-mo-i-je-re-ja OLE 1 u-ta-no , 'a-ne-mo-i-je-re-ja' S1 V3 1. ra- over erasure. 2. pa- probably over erasure. 3. OLE 1 to end over erasure. Translation 1. In the month of Lapatos to *47-ku-to 2 OIL to Piptunna 2 OIL 2. to *85-ri-mo 8 OIL to all the gods 12 to the auger 12 3. to the priestess of the winds 36 OIL Itanso to the priestess of the winds 16 OIL Comment The 'Fp' series are those which record offerings of produce to gods and goddesses at Knossos. The commodity most commonly offered to the divinities is oil, presumably olive oil; others are barley, figs, wine and honey. Few of the divinities mentioned in the tablets can be identified with certainty; they are perhaps local gods, associated with a particular shrine or cult whose name and practices died out at the end of the Minoan-Mycenaean era. However, there are names of gods and goddesses which survived to the Classical period, such as: Zeus (di-we), Hera (e-ra), Poseidon (po-se-da-o), Hermes (e-ma-a), Athena (a-ta-na) and Artemis (a-te-mi-to). Tablet Fp 13 records offerings to many dieties, most local, in the month of Lapatos.

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