*56-ra-ku-ja

hapax at Knossos

Definitions

Duhoux 2008: "presumably refers to the colour of the cloths; if identical with pa-ra-ku-ja, it could perhaps be compared to terms like σμάραγδος, 'emerald' or βαρακίς γλαύκινον ἱμάτιον 'bluish green piece of cloth' (Hesychius) (??)"

Bernabé & Luján 2008: "with pa-ra-ku- colour"

Chadwick & Ventris 1973: nominative plural neuter, description of textiles, cf. pa-ra-ku-ja

References

Bernabé, Alberto and Eugenio Luján, 2008 A Companion to Linear B: Mycenaean Greek Texts and their World (ed. Yves Duhoux and Anna Morpurgo Davies) “Mycenaean Technology”

Chadwick, John and Michael Ventris, 1973 Documents in Mycenaean Greek

Duhoux, Yves, 2008 A Companion to Linear B: Mycenaean Greek Texts and their World "Mycenaean Anthology"

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