Knossos KN Ap series
Transliterations from Killen & Olivier 1989 unless otherwise noted. Modified Wingspread Convention in use.
KN Ap 618+
a-pe-a-sa / i-ta-mo , do-ti-ja , MUL 1 ki-nu-qa *56-ko-we MUL 1 [
(ti)-wa-ti-ja / a-*79 a-no-qo-ta MUL 3[ ] ko-ma-we-to MUL 2 we-ra-te-ja MUL 2 [
KN Ap 628+
.1A vacat [
.1B ](i)-ja , / a-ke-wo do-e-ra MUL 4 [ [ ko ] ] [
.2 ]ro , / do-e-ra (MUL) 1 di-qa-ra[
.3 ]ne-o , / do-e-ra (MUL)[
KN Ap 629
tu-ni-ja 'tu' MUL 4 ne 'di' 3 'ko 1' ri-jo-no 'tu' MUL 3 ko-wo 3[
do-ti-ja 'tu' MUL 4 ne 'di' 6[ ] vacat [
vacat [
KN Ap 637
(a)-ke-si-ja , ka-(ma)[
ko-so-jo , MUL 1 tu 2[
(da)-[
to do: confirm (a)-ke-si-ja; doesn't appear in the Chadwick & Ventris index
KN Ap 639
]-me-no X MUL 1 tu-zo X MUL 1 ko-pi X MUL (1) [ ]
a-to-me-ja MUL 1 da-te-ne-ja MUL 1 X pa-ja-ni MUL 1 [ ](pi)[ ]
wo-di-je-ja MUL 1 ko-wo 1 du-sa-ni X MUL 1 ma-ku[ ]
pa-i-ti-ja X MUL 1 pi-ra-ka-ra X MUL 1 *18-to-no , / tu , MUL 2 X wi-so (MUL) 1 X
e-ra-ja MUL 7 ko-wa 1 ko-wo 1
to-sa MUL 45 ko-wa 5 ko-(wo) 4
ke-ra-me-ja X MUL 1 ko-wo 1 tu-*49-mi X MUL 1 i-du X (MUL)[ ]
tu-ka-to X MUL 1 e-ti-wa-ja MUL 1 sa-ma-ti-ja X MUL 1 (si)-[
ku-tu-qa-no X MUL 1 wi-da-ma-ta2 X MUL 1 ka-na-to-po X MUL 1 sa-ti-(qi)-(to) MUL 1
tu-ka-na X MUL 1 sa-*65 X MUL 1 u-jo-na X MUL 1 sa-mi MUL 1
(a)-de-ra2 X MUL 1 tu-ka-na X MUL 1 pu-wa MUL 1 X si-nu-ke X MUL 1
]qi-ti-ta X MUL 1 si-ne-e-ja MUL 1 X u-pa-ra MUL 1 X ru-ta2-no MUL
](du)-tu-wa MUL 1 ko-wa 2 ke-pu MUL 1 ko-wa 2 wa-ra-ti MUL
]-(ja)-si-ja MUL 4 a-nu-wa-to MUL 1[
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (1910.218) (color photograph)
![KN Ap 639 Facsimile from Script Minoa II](https://web.archive.org/web/20160318064751im_/http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6113/6269643800_7db3c6287f_b.jpg)
Evans 1909 Fig. 25 (digitized in 2007 with funding from the Microsoft Corporation)
Many discrepancies with the facsimile; see comments and compare with photograph below.
![linear B tablet, minoan, early 14th century BC, from the palace at knossos, crete, baked clay](https://web.archive.org/web/20160318064751im_/http://farm1.staticflickr.com/87/239126201_7666c0225b.jpg)
KN Ap 639 from Peter Repetti on Flickr @ the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
KN Ap 694
](ja) , / ko-u-re-ja MUL (1)[
]ka-ra-we MUL 1[
] a-ze-ti-ri-ja MUL 1[
] vacat [
KN Ap 769
](i)-ta-no MUL 1 ka-*56-so-ta MUL 1 a2-du-wo-na MUL 1
]wi-ja-na-tu MUL 1 i-ta-ja MUL 1
to do: confirm a2-du-wo-na; Chadwick & Ventris list this as a3-du-wo-na in their index
KN Ap 5077
]e-ke
][ [ (wa) (1) ] ] ko-wo 1
[ [ (OLIV) (1) ] ]
KN Ap 5547+
KN Ap 5748+
]si 1 tu 1 ki-zo 1 MUL (3) (TELA)[ ](a)-ma-no-[
]1 o-ri-mo MUL 3 TELA+TE 1 pu-zo , ti-no , pi-ja-mu-nu (MUL)[
]ni-ta , o-sa-po-to MUL 3 TELA+TE 1 [
] vacat [
KN Ap 5864
sup. mut.
](X) MUL 1
]-(u)-(ra) MUL 1 X
]na (MUL) (1) (tu)-ka-na X MUL 1
]ma MUL 1 te-qa-ja MUL 1
]ja (MUL) 1[ ]ja-mu-(ta) MUL (1)[
]-ta2-no[
inf. mut.
KN Ap 5868+
](no)-(si)-ja / to-sa MUL 26 (di)[
]7 ko-wo 9 ka-ra-we MUL 6 [
lat. inf.
] e-u-[
KN Ap 5876+
] ko-wo , di (4) qa-mi-ja ko-wa 'di' 3 ko-wo di (3)[
] 'di' 1 ri-jo-no ko-wo di 2 [
] vacat [
References
Chadwick, John and Michael Ventris, 1973 Documents in Mycenaean Greek
Evans, Sir Arthur, 1909 Scripta Minoa II
Killen, John T. and Jean-Pierre Olivier 1989 Suplementos a MINOS num. 11 “The Knossos Tablets” 5th Ed.
I’d be very interested in studying a photograph of KN AP 639. The transliterations indicate MUL, but the facsimile from Evans doesn’t show the tell-tale breast dots of the MUL ideogram.
And what’s transliterated as pa-ja-ni in Killen & Olivier looks in the Evans facsimile like it might be qo-ja-ni or something else instead. Hm.
And pa-i-ti vs. pa-i-ti-ja. This is all a great example of why access to source material matters so much. See also the Thebes tablets for similar issues; the transliterations from various authors frequently do not agree. :(
And wi- vs. si- …