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THE MINOAN LINEAR SIGNARY
AB 18 a. \\ occurs on the primitive whorl from Hagios Onuphrios (SM I. 118, fig. 526); as a
mason's mark; in A ligatured with f, and A 16. 14, where it is clearly different from ^ in 1. 13. On
B 669. 1, ligatured, it is indistinguishable from •j': and elsewhere looks like an abbreviation of 18 c.
18 b. b is certainly abbreviated from |^, and quite distinct from ^ with which it occurs on HT 1 a 3,
88. 3. 4: compare A 16. 13. It occurs at HT in groups, and alone with numerals (HT 11 b 1, 62. 6).
In B it is frequent, in many variants, probably all abbreviated from B 19.
18 c. y has a Pictographic original (SM I. 199, no. 45: P 103 a); and cf. the trial-piece A 31 from
Knossos (PM I. 622, figs. 458-9). In A it is frequent: well established also in B and frequent as
initial; but in the repeated group ^2 I2I9~3°> Ix34~5 lt is replaced by \\ on 1226. 2 and by \\ on
1228. 2, 1230. 2; while 1227 has YH2C> Pr°bably through carelessness. Variants resemble early Gk. 0
(=h) and Phoen. u\ (= cheth), meaning 'fence': so Sundwall (1914, no. 10; 1920, no. 39) confused
this sign and its predecessor (SM I. 199, no. 45) with a 'trellis' sign (SM I. 200, no. 46) and quoted
Egyptian parallels.
AB 19 N H H A 6. 34, B 53, S 20, PC 7. 25, Hr 60
This sign occurs in A on A 16.13; HT 3. 6 where the group ^\\ is written ^jf\ on 1 a 3; 88. 3, 4.
It has many variants, simplified into AB 18 b above. In B it is frequent, in similar variety: even the
linear |^ is sometimes abridged (740. 2, 3) till it resembles mis-written ^.
The unique sign B 65 ^ in a group on 262 may be another variant.
AB20 UU A 8, B7, S 1, PC 32, Hr3
Frequent both in A and in B: the variants c and d are exceptional, and / seems confused with ^.
The Pictographic original (SM I. 199, no. 446: cf. CP 38 [307]) is clearly a 'gate' with pivot above
and below; and Hieroglyphic forms connect this with A and with B. Compare HT 7 a 2; 8 b 4; 9 b 1,
and Phoen. t=he which originally may have had four bars, like Gk. £ in Boeotia. Sundwall (1920,
no. 25) compares Eg. r/ = 'door', and Cypr. H=xa: compare also AB 17 b. This sign is frequent as
terminal (Sundwall, 1914, no. 7). AE thought it a feminine suffix (e.g. 639. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12)
(p. 49).
AB 21 ffi A 30, B 8, S 23, PC 75, Hr 2
Frequent both in A and in B in all positions; rarely also alone with numerals (654. 3, 695, 841. 6).
The pictorial original (SM I. 198, no. 43) is the front of a barn set on posts; perhaps related to AB 66
but quite distinct from AB 22 ^ which occurs next to it on HT 27 b 1, 48 b 1. An early example
(PM I. 639, fig. 474) has four posts, approximating to the 'banner' sign B 94 AB 66 p. In the
frequent group ^[yj for 'boys' or 'girls' (see Vocabulary), there is no reason to regard either sign as any-
thing but phonetic.
The variants are not of much significance; (a) in a group on an amphora-handle from Mycenae
(Tsountas, MvKr/vat, 214: CP4 [273]) and as mason's mark at Knossos; h is on blocks at Knossos,
THE MINOAN LINEAR SIGNARY
AB 18 a. \\ occurs on the primitive whorl from Hagios Onuphrios (SM I. 118, fig. 526); as a
mason's mark; in A ligatured with f, and A 16. 14, where it is clearly different from ^ in 1. 13. On
B 669. 1, ligatured, it is indistinguishable from •j': and elsewhere looks like an abbreviation of 18 c.
18 b. b is certainly abbreviated from |^, and quite distinct from ^ with which it occurs on HT 1 a 3,
88. 3. 4: compare A 16. 13. It occurs at HT in groups, and alone with numerals (HT 11 b 1, 62. 6).
In B it is frequent, in many variants, probably all abbreviated from B 19.
18 c. y has a Pictographic original (SM I. 199, no. 45: P 103 a); and cf. the trial-piece A 31 from
Knossos (PM I. 622, figs. 458-9). In A it is frequent: well established also in B and frequent as
initial; but in the repeated group ^2 I2I9~3°> Ix34~5 lt is replaced by \\ on 1226. 2 and by \\ on
1228. 2, 1230. 2; while 1227 has YH2C> Pr°bably through carelessness. Variants resemble early Gk. 0
(=h) and Phoen. u\ (= cheth), meaning 'fence': so Sundwall (1914, no. 10; 1920, no. 39) confused
this sign and its predecessor (SM I. 199, no. 45) with a 'trellis' sign (SM I. 200, no. 46) and quoted
Egyptian parallels.
AB 19 N H H A 6. 34, B 53, S 20, PC 7. 25, Hr 60
This sign occurs in A on A 16.13; HT 3. 6 where the group ^\\ is written ^jf\ on 1 a 3; 88. 3, 4.
It has many variants, simplified into AB 18 b above. In B it is frequent, in similar variety: even the
linear |^ is sometimes abridged (740. 2, 3) till it resembles mis-written ^.
The unique sign B 65 ^ in a group on 262 may be another variant.
AB20 UU A 8, B7, S 1, PC 32, Hr3
Frequent both in A and in B: the variants c and d are exceptional, and / seems confused with ^.
The Pictographic original (SM I. 199, no. 446: cf. CP 38 [307]) is clearly a 'gate' with pivot above
and below; and Hieroglyphic forms connect this with A and with B. Compare HT 7 a 2; 8 b 4; 9 b 1,
and Phoen. t=he which originally may have had four bars, like Gk. £ in Boeotia. Sundwall (1920,
no. 25) compares Eg. r/ = 'door', and Cypr. H=xa: compare also AB 17 b. This sign is frequent as
terminal (Sundwall, 1914, no. 7). AE thought it a feminine suffix (e.g. 639. 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12)
(p. 49).
AB 21 ffi A 30, B 8, S 23, PC 75, Hr 2
Frequent both in A and in B in all positions; rarely also alone with numerals (654. 3, 695, 841. 6).
The pictorial original (SM I. 198, no. 43) is the front of a barn set on posts; perhaps related to AB 66
but quite distinct from AB 22 ^ which occurs next to it on HT 27 b 1, 48 b 1. An early example
(PM I. 639, fig. 474) has four posts, approximating to the 'banner' sign B 94 AB 66 p. In the
frequent group ^[yj for 'boys' or 'girls' (see Vocabulary), there is no reason to regard either sign as any-
thing but phonetic.
The variants are not of much significance; (a) in a group on an amphora-handle from Mycenae
(Tsountas, MvKr/vat, 214: CP4 [273]) and as mason's mark at Knossos; h is on blocks at Knossos,