𐀀𐀩𐀞

Mycenaean Greek

Alternative forms

• 𐂘

Etymology

Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄλειφαρ (áleiphar).

Noun

𐀀𐀩𐀞 (a-re-pa /áleipʰar/)

1. ointment; unguent
   • c. 1200 BCE (LH IIIB2/LH IIIC), Pylos Un 267‎^[1]:

     𐀃𐀈𐀐 𐀀𐀒𐀰𐀲
     𐀶𐀸𐀲 𐀀𐀩𐀞𐀿𐀃
     𐀶𐀸𐀀 𐀀𐀩𐀞𐀳
     𐀽𐀰𐀕𐀜

     o-do-ke a-ko-so-ta
     tu-we-ta a-re-pa-zo-o
     tu-we-a a-re-pa-te
     ze-so-me-no

     /hō=dōke a(r/l)kso(i)tās
     tʰuwestāi aleipʰa(d)zohōi:
     tʰuweha, aleipʰatei
     zesomenōi/

     Thus has A(r/l)xo(i)tas supplied
     Thuestes the unguent-boiler:
     spices, for unguent.dat-instr.sg
     to be boiled.dat-instr.sg

References

• (basic translation of Py Un 267:) Killen, John T. (1962) “The Wool Ideogram in the Linear B Texts”, in Hermathena, volume 96, →JSTOR, pages 38-72

Further reading

• Luján, Eugenio R. (2019) “Mycenaean a-re-se-si and Homeric ἄλεισον Revisited”, in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, volume 59, number 1, pages 1-14