Plaster Cast of a Minoan Linear B Tablet

Ap 639 Transliteration sup. mut. 1. [.] -me-no X MUL 1 tu-zo X MUL 1 ko-pi XMUL 1 [ 2. a-to-me-ja MUL 1 da-te-ne-ja MUL 1X pa-jani MUL 1 [ 3. wo-di-je-ja JUL 1 ko-wo 1 du-sa-ni XMUL 1 ma-ku [ 4. pa-i-ti-ja X MUL 1 pi-ra-ka-ra X MUL 1 *18-to-no,/tu MUL 2 X wi-so MUL 1X 5. e-ra-ja MUL 7 ko-wa 1 ko-wo 1 6. to-sa MUL 45 ko-wa 5 ko-wa 4 7. ke-ra-me-ja X MUL 1 ko-wo 1 tu*49-mi X MUL 1 i-du X MUL[ 8. tu-ka-to X MUL 1 e-ti-wa-ja MUL1 sa-ma-ti-ja X MUL 1 si-[ 9. ku-tu-qa-no X MUL 1 wi-da-ma-ta2 X MUL 1 ka-na-to-po X MUL 1 10. tu-ka-na X MUL 1 sa-*65 X MUL 1 u-jo-na X MUL 1 sa-mi MUL 1 11. a-de-ra2 X MUL 1 tu-ka-na X MUL 1 pu-wa MUL 1 X si-nu-ke MUL 1 12. [a-]qi-ti-ta X MUL1 si-ne-e-ja MUL 1 X u-pa-ra MUL 1 X ru-ta2-no MUL [ 1 13. du-tu-wa MUL 1 ko-wa 2 ke-pu MUL 1 ko-wa 2 wa-ra-ti MUL [ 1 14. ]ta-si-ja MUL 4 a-nu-wa-to MUL 1[ Some readings of damaged areas to the right are derived from SM II, pl. 63. All the check marks (very faint) after drying. Probably same tablet as Ap 5864. 1. Traces of another sign at right. 2. Traces of another sign at right. 8. Perhaps wi-[ 9. MUL 1 partly on lat. dex. 10. u- of u-jo-na over erasure. 12. cf. a-qi-ti-ta MY Oe 103.3. 13. Over erasure. 14. 4 visible on SM II, pl. 63. Translation -me-no FN FN FN FN FN FN boy, son FN FN FN FN FN ethnic girl, daughter boy, son so much girls boys FN boy FN FN FN FN FN FN FN FN sa-ti FN FN FN FN FN FN FN FN FN FN FN FN FN girl FN girl FN ta-si-ja FN Comment The 'A' tablets are those which list personnel of the palace; men, women and children. Sometimes the names are followed by a short occupational desciption, or by an allocation of material or food. This tablet, Ap 639, gives only women's names in the nominative case, with 6 words which mean 'boy' or 'son' and 'girl' or 'daughter'. Because these words are also in the nominative case, it cannot determined exactly if these children belong to the women or not.

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