THE NEW DOCUMENTS IN M YC E NA E A N G R E E K Volume Two Selected Tablets, Transcription, Translation, Commentary Endmatter EDITED BY JOHN KILLEN University of Cambridge Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 8EA, United Kingdom One Liberty Plaza, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10006, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3207, Australia 314–321, 3rd Floor, Plot 3, Splendor Forum, Jasola District Centre, New Delhi – 110025, India 103 Penang Road, #05–06/07, Visioncrest Commercial, Singapore 238467 Cambridge University Press is part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a department of the University of Cambridge. We share the University’s mission to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521838139 DOI: 10.1017/9781139046152 © Cambridge University Press 2024 This publication is in copyright. 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S E L E C T E D TA B L E T S, T R A N S C R I P T I O N, T R A N S L AT I O N, C O M M E N TA RY I N T RO D U C T I O N : I N T E R P R E T I N G L I N E A R B 417 John Killen CHAPTER XI. LISTS OF PERSONNEL 426 John Killen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Women and children at Pylos (Aa, Ab, Ad) Women and children at Knossos (Ai, Ak, Ap) Men, women and children at Knossos (Ai, Am) Groups of women at Knossos (Ap) Groups of women at Pylos (Ae, An) Groups of women at Mycenae (V) Individual men at Knossos (Am, B) Individual men at Pylos (Ae) Workgroups of men at Knossos (Am, As) Workgroups of men at Pylos (Ac, An) Workgroups of men at Mycenae (Au) Lists of mixed workers at Knossos (Am, B) Lists of mixed workers at Pylos (An) Rowers and coastguards at Pylos (An) CHAPTER XII. LIVESTOCK 426 437 444 445 445 448 449 451 452 457 464 466 466 474 492 John Killen 1 Flocks of sheep and goats at Pylos (Cc, Cn) vii 507 CONTENTS 2 3 4 5 Flocks of sheep at Knossos (Da-Dg, Dn) Shearing and lambing records at Knossos (Dk, Dl, Do, Dp) Miscellaneous livestock at Pylos (Cn) Miscellaneous livestock at Knossos (Ca, Ce, Ch, Co, C, Dm) C H A P T E R X I I I . A G R I C U LT U R A L P RO D U C E 510 514 518 524 533 John Killen 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Grain harvests and rations at Knossos (E, F, G) Grain rations at Pylos (Fn) Oil receipts and rations at Knossos and Mycenae (Fh, Fo) Wine at Pylos (Vn) Saffron at Knossos (Np) Spices at Knossos (Ga) Spices at Mycenae (Ge) Mixed supplies for banquets at Thebes and Pylos (Wu, Un) C H A P T E R X I V . 1. L A N D T E N U R E 533 537 541 543 545 546 553 559 565 Yves Duhoux SECTION I Introduction 1 General description of the land-tenure series 2 Location of the plots 3 Ke-ke-me-na, ki-ti-me-na, ka-ma land and other plots 4 Occupiers of the plots 5 Dimensions of the plots 6 Legal status of landholding 7 Oriental parallels to the Pylos land-tenure tablets 565 566 567 568 577 578 581 585 SECTION II 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Typical formulae on short Pylos tablets (Ea) The Pylos ‘private’ land-tenure series (En, Eo) The Pylos Eb, Ep, Ed series Miscellaneous records of land at Pylos (Eq) Landholders at Knossos (Uf) Land, trees and vines at Knossos (Gv, F) Land at Thebes (Ft) Landholding at Tiryns (Ef) C H A P T E R X I V . 2. T H E P Y LO S ‘DOSMOS’ Pia De Fidio viii 586 590 603 616 621 625 630 631 TA B L E T S 633 CONTENTS C H A P T E R X V . TA X AT I O N 663 Cynthia Shelmerdine Introduction 1 Annual taxation at Pylos (Ma, Mb, Mn) 2 The Pylos Na, Ng, Nn series 3 Miscellaneous taxation records at Pylos (Cn, Jn, Jo) 4 The Knossos Mc series 5 The Knossos Nc series CHAPTER XVI. ‘INDUSTRIAL’ P RO D U C T I O N 663 668 680 692 701 707 709 Yves Duhoux Introduction: Metals in the Linear B records 1 Bronze-working at Pylos (Jn, Ja) 2 Metal-working at Knossos (K) 3 Textile production at Knossos (Lc, Ld, Le, L, M, Od) 4 Textile production at Mycenae (Oe) 5 Textiles at Pylos (La) 6 Textile workers and wool at Thebes (Of) 7 Perfumed olive oil production at Pylos (Fr, Un) 8 Furniture production at Pylos (Pn) 9 Leather-working at Pylos (Ub) 10 Chariot wheel production at Pylos (Vn) 11 Chariot wheel production at Knossos (So) 709 710 720 721 741 743 744 745 751 751 756 757 C H A P T E R X V I I . F I N I S H E D P RO D U C T S I : V E S S E L S A N D 758 FURNITURE John Killen and John Bennet 1 2 3 4 Mycenaean vessel names and types Inventories of vessels at Knossos (K, Uc, Ws) Vessels at Mycenae (Ue) Inventories of vessels and furniture at Pylos (Ta, Tn) 758 770 773 774 C H A P T E R X V I I I . F I N I S H E D P RO D U C T S I I : M I L I TA RY EQUIPMENT PA RT I : A RC H A E O L O G I C A L C O M M E N TA RY 797 797 Joost Crouwel PA RT I I : T H E T E X T S 813 Robert Plath and John Killen 1 Swords, spears and arrows at Knossos (Ra, R, Ws) 2 Chariots without wheels at Knossos (Sd, Se, Sf) ix 813 816 CONTENTS 3 An inventory of chariots without wheels and chariot wheels at Knossos (Sg) 4 Chariot wheels at Knossos (So) 5 Chariot wheels at Pylos (Sa) 6 Harness at Pylos (Ub) 7 Corslets and helmets at Pylos (Sh) 8 Corslets and helmets at Knossos (Sk) 9 Corslets and helmets at Tiryns (Si) 10 Chariots, corslets and horses at Knossos (Sc) 823 824 826 829 831 833 835 835 C H A P T E R X I X . R E L I G I O N , C U LT S A N D R I T UA L 838 John Killen 1 2 3 4 5 6 Offerings to divinities at Pylos (Fr, Tn, Un) Offerings to divinities at Knossos (Fp, Fs, F, Ga, Gg, M, Oa, V) Offerings to divinities at Khania (Gq) Allocations to divinities and others at Pylos (Fn) Allocations to divinities (?) and others at Thebes (Fq, Gp) Allocations to divinities and others at Mycenae (Oi) 838 857 876 877 879 889 C H A P T E R X X . T H E I N S C R I B E D S T I R RU P - J A R S 892 Peter Van Alfen CHAPTER XXI. MISCELLANEOUS TEXTS 897 John Killen 1 Miscellaneous texts from Pylos (Aq, On, Qa, Un, Va, Vn) 2 Miscellaneous texts from Knossos (E, V) 897 915 PA RT I V. G L O S S A RY, B I B L I O G R A P H Y, I N D E X E S A N D C O N C O R DA N C E page 921 1057 1118 1129 1137 1138 1140 Glossary Bibliography General index Index of modern authors cited Index of ancient authors cited Homeric references Concordance x