𐁉

𐁉	U+10049, 𐁉 LINEAR B SYLLABLE B033 RA3

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[U+10048]

Linear B Syllabary

𐁊 →
[U+1004A]

Mycenaean Greek

Painted wall in Akrotiri, Thera, 17th c. BCE, depicting saffron gatherers.

Crocus cartwrightianus

Etymology 1

Never attested syllabically, though likely pronounced as Ancient Greek κρόκος (krókos), whence perhaps 𐀒𐀫𐀏[ (ko-ro-ka[), also in Knossos, which would refer to a group of women assigned to gathering saffron, and less likely 𐀒𐀫𐀑𐀊 (ko-ro-ki-ja), more generally seen as an ethnic designation for certain women in Pylos.

Noun

𐁉 (CROC or *144) (ideogram)

saffron (Crocus sativus, or more likely its predecessor C. cartwrightianus)
- KN Np(1) 85 + 5047 + 7938 + 8057:^[1]
  𐀏𐀲𐀨 𐁉 𐀥 𐄌
  ka-ta-ra CROC qi 6
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- KN Np(1) 267:^[2]
  𐀭𐀔𐀅 𐁉 𐀫 [
  sa-ma-da CROC ro [
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- KN Np(1) 272 + 7419 + fr.:^[3]
  𐀅𐀺 𐁉 𐄻 𐄇
  da-wo CROC Q 1
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- various other fragmentary inscriptions in the KN Np series

References

^ Chadwick & Killen (1963), pages 158a, 123b, 183b, 186a; Chadwick et al. (1986), §85 page 44
^ Chadwick & Killen (1963), page 123a; Chadwick et al. (1986), §267 page 112
^ Chadwick & Killen (1963), page 123a; Chadwick et al. (1986), §272 page 113

Melena Jiménez (1976), pages 187f.
Alberti (2009), pages 45f.

Etymology 2

Symbol

𐁉 (ra3 or *33)

A syllabogram.

[1] Chadwick & Killen (1963), pages 158a, 123b, 183b, 186a; Chadwick et al. (1986), §85 page 44

[2] Chadwick & Killen (1963), page 123a; Chadwick et al. (1986), §267 page 112

[3] Chadwick & Killen (1963), page 123a; Chadwick et al. (1986), §272 page 113

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