7i4 EVIDENCE OF DECLENSION IN FEMALE NAMES
(Ship'
and' rud'
der' in
name
forms.
Tlie appearance of the ship !—represented by its forepart__as an
element in the formation of personal names, seen in the groups Ff|Ky» *f and
"ffc^C^ aDOVe> 's of interest from the comparisons that it suggests with
Greek nomenclature. In the parallels that — ,. •__
Occur, such as NavarpaTo?, Nav<nK\r)S, Nava-t- is, |9|T\ 7?J r-rl TTj rpl
raa, and the like, it is to be noted that, in ' ^ '
contrast to the Minoan compounds, the syl- „
. ,. , . , .. . , . .. . Fig. 695. 'Rudder'Sign in
lable relating to the ship occupies the initial Groups (i L. M. Ill)
place. In this connexion the appearance of
the ' rudder' sign, as an element in a name-group has also a considerable
interest (Fig. 695, a). In a secondary shape rfi, on a vase fragment of L. M.
Ill a date from Knossos,2 it is again found, apparently in a name-group
(Fig. 095,(5). Such nautical combinations mark the personal names of a
maritime race.
O - _
Terminal Signs of Name-groups : Male and Female.
Terminal An examination of the names followed respectively by the male and
names: female figures shows that in ' .
female™ each case there is a prepon- Y?$mQ | ^!;/rY7 ^
derance of particular terminal
signs.
Thus among ioo groups
before the ' man' sign, J.
occurs 20 times, -F 14, [1 n,
J IO.J./6; /fc5, p4, fl4,
fS 4, while a variety of other
terminal signs are found
once or twice.
Among 55 groups fol-
lowed by the ' woman' sign,
R recurs 16 times, represent-
ing nearly a third of the
whole, fs is found 5 times, [] and ? 4, ^, L., and f 3, and 15 other signs
once or twice.
1 For this ' ship ' sign compared with its equivalent of Class A, see P. of M., ii, Pt. I, p- 23°'
' See below, p. 73S, Fig. 722.
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$M? I!!
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III
Fig. 696. Evidence of Declension in Female
Name-groups ending in R.
(Ship'
and' rud'
der' in
name
forms.
Tlie appearance of the ship !—represented by its forepart__as an
element in the formation of personal names, seen in the groups Ff|Ky» *f and
"ffc^C^ aDOVe> 's of interest from the comparisons that it suggests with
Greek nomenclature. In the parallels that — ,. •__
Occur, such as NavarpaTo?, Nav<nK\r)S, Nava-t- is, |9|T\ 7?J r-rl TTj rpl
raa, and the like, it is to be noted that, in ' ^ '
contrast to the Minoan compounds, the syl- „
. ,. , . , .. . , . .. . Fig. 695. 'Rudder'Sign in
lable relating to the ship occupies the initial Groups (i L. M. Ill)
place. In this connexion the appearance of
the ' rudder' sign, as an element in a name-group has also a considerable
interest (Fig. 695, a). In a secondary shape rfi, on a vase fragment of L. M.
Ill a date from Knossos,2 it is again found, apparently in a name-group
(Fig. 095,(5). Such nautical combinations mark the personal names of a
maritime race.
O - _
Terminal Signs of Name-groups : Male and Female.
Terminal An examination of the names followed respectively by the male and
names: female figures shows that in ' .
female™ each case there is a prepon- Y?$mQ | ^!;/rY7 ^
derance of particular terminal
signs.
Thus among ioo groups
before the ' man' sign, J.
occurs 20 times, -F 14, [1 n,
J IO.J./6; /fc5, p4, fl4,
fS 4, while a variety of other
terminal signs are found
once or twice.
Among 55 groups fol-
lowed by the ' woman' sign,
R recurs 16 times, represent-
ing nearly a third of the
whole, fs is found 5 times, [] and ? 4, ^, L., and f 3, and 15 other signs
once or twice.
1 For this ' ship ' sign compared with its equivalent of Class A, see P. of M., ii, Pt. I, p- 23°'
' See below, p. 73S, Fig. 722.
?v
Xi, £( i( ic,
$M? I!!
?V7 tin
-c z 111
' IIV
III
Fig. 696. Evidence of Declension in Female
Name-groups ending in R.