𐀄𐀈

Mycenaean Greek

Etymology

Cognate with Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr). This identification is somewhat uncertain, given the broken context in which this word is found.

Noun

𐀄𐀈 (u-do /húdōr/)

1. water
   • c. 1420–1200 BCE (LM IIIA1 - LMIIIB), Knossos K(1) 873‎^[1]:

     ]𐀸 𐀄𐀈 𐃪 𐄒𐄈
     ]𐀸 𐃪 𐄑𐄋
     ]𐀸 𐃪 𐄑𐄈

     ]we u-do *211^VAS+PO 32
     ]-we *211^VAS+PO 25
     ]we *211^VAS+PO 22

     [-we] water rhyton(?): 32
     [-we] rhyton(?): 25
     [-we] rhyton(?): 22

References

• Varias García, Carlos (2008) “Observations on the Mycenaean Vocabulary of Furniture and Vessels”, in Pasiphae : rivista di filologia e antichità egee, volume 2, Pisa: Fabrizio Serra, →DOI, pages 1-19*
• Bendall, Lisa M. (2016) “Does Linear B ideogram *211^vas+PO indicate a rhyton?”, in MINOS‎^[2], volume 39, Ediciones universidad de Salamanca, →ISSN, pages 41-60