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THE MINOAN LINEAR SIGNARY
B 49 X see AB 48 B 50 g yfl see AB 55, 56
B51 $M> S45,Hr5
Frequent in all positions, and alone with numeral, up to 140 but usually not above 10. Often
associated with livestock and other commodities: probably denoting some fodder-crop. AE thought
it a ligature of Y with a pair of shears, and suggested 'wool'. But the more pictorial forms are floral.
On 520 AE took ^ for a 'weight' sign (p. 3), because associated with 'ingot' signs.
Sundwall (1914, no. 15) identified this sign with the Hieroglyphic 'ox-head' (SM I. 206, no. 63)
but later (Melanges Glotz, 827-9; c^- PM IV. 663 n) with the balance sign (followed by Hrozny)
relying on the more careless simplifications.
The variant £ occurs only in groups on 1520. 12 and 1526 a, and is probably personal.
B 52 Jf see AB 45
B 53 \\ „ AB 19
B54|, „ AB51
B 55 f „ AB 60
B 56 ^ see AB 61
B 57 f „ AB 28
B 58 [• „ AB 1
B 59 f „ AB 7
B 60 2 see AB 25
B61 jj „ AB26
B62 § „ AB22
B 63 Q „ AB 24
B 64 £ see AB 50: though noted by AE as occuring in Linear A, neither he nor PC give any
example.
Pictorial Signs peculiar to Linear B, used in groups as 'rebus' signs (== types parlants) with phonetic value
B65
Only on 261 in the group 'j^^' PernaPs a pictorial variant of \\ (=AB 19, B 53); but it may
represent a bedstead (PM IV. 726, fig. 709 c; SM pi. xxix).
B66
&
Only on B 673 in a group. It has no counterpart, and is probably damaged ^, (=AB 41, B 32):
for similar signs noted by AE see PM IV. 721.
B67 k^* S69, PC 35, Hr6:cf. A 83
The prow of a ship, in B points to right: the corresponding sign in A, to left: see AB 64.
B68
cT
Only on 297. 2 in the group 7(ff followed by numeral '", perhaps a bird, and probably a rebus
for a particular kind of bird; or a variant of B 69 but different from A 85 which faces left.
THE MINOAN LINEAR SIGNARY
B 49 X see AB 48 B 50 g yfl see AB 55, 56
B51 $M> S45,Hr5
Frequent in all positions, and alone with numeral, up to 140 but usually not above 10. Often
associated with livestock and other commodities: probably denoting some fodder-crop. AE thought
it a ligature of Y with a pair of shears, and suggested 'wool'. But the more pictorial forms are floral.
On 520 AE took ^ for a 'weight' sign (p. 3), because associated with 'ingot' signs.
Sundwall (1914, no. 15) identified this sign with the Hieroglyphic 'ox-head' (SM I. 206, no. 63)
but later (Melanges Glotz, 827-9; c^- PM IV. 663 n) with the balance sign (followed by Hrozny)
relying on the more careless simplifications.
The variant £ occurs only in groups on 1520. 12 and 1526 a, and is probably personal.
B 52 Jf see AB 45
B 53 \\ „ AB 19
B54|, „ AB51
B 55 f „ AB 60
B 56 ^ see AB 61
B 57 f „ AB 28
B 58 [• „ AB 1
B 59 f „ AB 7
B 60 2 see AB 25
B61 jj „ AB26
B62 § „ AB22
B 63 Q „ AB 24
B 64 £ see AB 50: though noted by AE as occuring in Linear A, neither he nor PC give any
example.
Pictorial Signs peculiar to Linear B, used in groups as 'rebus' signs (== types parlants) with phonetic value
B65
Only on 261 in the group 'j^^' PernaPs a pictorial variant of \\ (=AB 19, B 53); but it may
represent a bedstead (PM IV. 726, fig. 709 c; SM pi. xxix).
B66
&
Only on B 673 in a group. It has no counterpart, and is probably damaged ^, (=AB 41, B 32):
for similar signs noted by AE see PM IV. 721.
B67 k^* S69, PC 35, Hr6:cf. A 83
The prow of a ship, in B points to right: the corresponding sign in A, to left: see AB 64.
B68
cT
Only on 297. 2 in the group 7(ff followed by numeral '", perhaps a bird, and probably a rebus
for a particular kind of bird; or a variant of B 69 but different from A 85 which faces left.