Evans, Arthur J.: Scripta minoa: the written documents of minoan Crete with special reference to the archives of Knossos (Band 2): The archives of Knossos: clay tablets inscribed in linear script B (Oxford, 1952)

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104 CRITICAL NOTES ON THE

638. upper line ft YYS
641. 1. 1: last word R (AE) doubtful.
1. 4: f jJJkf restored.

656. 1. 2: J f*® restored.

659. traces of rule to right.

661. may be complete to left.

664. last sign probably T.

666 c. second sign ^^ or y.

673. PM IV. 694 d; damaged; perhaps ^i[]A7-

677. numeral 'A' not y,1.1 (AE).

678. word illegible.

681. the 'principal' is on a separate fragment.

684. words are followed directly by numerals.

686. diminutive 1 is interpolated; cf. 1248.

688. restored from four fragments which may not belong.

690. 1. 1: sixth sign uncertain.

693. 1. 2: sign after 7 may be g; in the group to left *$ i

written over erased B.
696. 1. 1: small signs damaged.
699. sign to left is M.
702. numerals restored from photo.
705. 1. 3 restored.

708, 710, 711. traces of sign on amphora.
717. 1. 2: restored TT.
719. 1. 1: note the punctuation.
726. restore *f £'.
728 a. 1. 2: third sign 'r.
736. 1. 2: ftf|Y[] restored.
755. doubtful whether ft or X.
758. f (AE)maybecj."
778. 1. 1 begins 0L_.

781. 1. 1: A may be ft.

786. sign to left is unusual variant *W (B 96).

798. 1. 10: second sign A or Jft.

820. 1. 1: sign after M may be m.

1. 3: third word S^Y 'ast wora^ third sign S.

821. 1. 1: third word perhaps CiCj; penultimate word is P3 "^j.
830. 1. 1: last sign probably *i.

832. probably broken to left, but inscription seems complete.

833. 1. 3: Evans reads ffl but A A 7 occurs 744. 7.
836. 1. 2: seems to have been rewritten.

839. 1. 2: numeral erased.
842. 1. 1: last sign probably fR.
850. last sign should be T.

859. last sign perhaps A .

860. Evans [J should be .

863. 1. 1: first word is ®L; punctuation mark doubtful.

864. 1. 2: third sign a variant of V for 'fig'.
871. note variant M*.

873. 1. 3: sign to left is £', sign on jars is M or ^.

LINEAR TEXTS IN SCRIPT B

875. 1. 3: first sign A ; perhaps for A.

1. 4: first sign j.

1. 5: first two signs not clear.

1. 6: the jar to right is quite clear.

878. the unusual sign (B 102) is probably 2 cross-cancelled.

879. punctuate ^hYCr
882. B erased before ^.
884. fourth sign is S not *t.

892. second sign is j as in 893.

893. first sign is /.

902. 1. 2: penultimate sign is (JT.

904. 1. 2: the second numeral is O^ZT'.

907. the group is ^|r{-

911. 1. 1: restore T for Evans's f.

1. 2: first sign (n Evans) may be B or P.

1. 5: second sign /n.

1. 7: °& over erased "T.

1. 9: first word ends in 7 or T; second word perhaps L
or S; numeral should be jj™.

1. 10: first word indistinct; perhaps i^f; for N read R;
upper small word is L| 1 7 as in 1. 8; lower word
S^Jt and obscure sign; numeral is O — ^f.

1. 11: t restored by Evans.

1. 12: second sign is B; fourth obscure; second word
begins ^^; third word begins y ; in numeral column,
traces of A.
1. 13: damaged.
915. 1. 2: last word is 'r T+•

918 a. second word is TY; 1. 3: last word is i[j ..
921. third and fourth signs smaller, subsidiary; fifth sign

smaller still.
926. 1. 2: restore ^"f.

929. numeral omitted before K.

930. upper word ends 7 not "J\
932. less space after n.

mi

934. numeral — is abnormal; ? — ..'.

943. last numeral is ',',', .

944. last sign is n.

950. 1. 2: for T7 restore ^j.
953. 1. 1: word ends 77; cf. 1.1.
962. 1. 1: last sign probably m not A.

1. 3: lower word is ^^H.
968. upper word second sign usually A.
972. unusual variant of ^¥?.

972. upper line, perhaps HT for T (AE).

984. 1. 1: second word begins t, but cf. 983 7K.
987. second word, punctuation, cf. 991.
997. upper word begins S for T.

999. second word may be k))•