𐀀𐀩𐀞
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Mycenaean Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄλειφαρ (áleiphar).
Noun
[edit]𐀀𐀩𐀞 (a-re-pa /áleipʰar/)
- 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 - /hoi=dōke a(r)ksotās
tʰuwestāi aleipʰa(d)zohōi
tʰuweha aleipʰatei
zesomenōi/ - A(r)xotas has given
to Thuestes the unguent-boiler
spices for unguent.dat-instr.sg
to be boiled.dat-instr.sg
- o-do-ke a-ko-so-ta
References
[edit]- (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
[edit]- 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