Definitions
Shelmerdine 2008: military command (PY An)
Chadwick & Ventris 1973:
1. (PY An) title of a senior coast guard officer, cf. ἀρχή
2. (PY Ub) article made of leather; perhaps supports, straps, cf. ὀχή
3. (PY Es) anthroponym
Variants
o-ka-ra
Chadwick & Ventris 1973: class of men serving as coast-guards
o-ka-ra3
Chadwick & Ventris 1973: "more usual spelling of nominative plural" (vs. o-ka-ra)
Context
Appears as "[[ku-ru-me-no-jo]] , o-ka , pe-ri-te-u , wo-ne-wa , a-ti-ja-wo , e-ru-ta-ra , o-*34-ta , me-ta-pi-jo , ke-ki-de , VIR 50" on PY An 654.
Appears as "[[ta-ti-qo-we-wo]] , o-ka , to-wa , po-ki-ro-qo , pe-ri-no , de-u-ka-ri-jo , ra-pe-do , do-qo-ro , pe-ri-ra-wo , e-no-wa-ro , to-so-de , pe-di-je-we , [wa-wo-u-de]] , ke-ki-de , VIR 10" on PY An 654.
Appears as "au-ke-i-ja-te-we , o-ka , di-pte-(ra)[" on PY Ub 1318.
Appears as "o-ka , e-ke , to-so-de , pe-mo GRA 1 T 2" on PY Es 650.
Appears as "o-ka , do-so-mo , po-se-da-o-ne GRA T 7" on PY Es 727.
Associated Commodities
References
Chadwick, John and Michael Ventris, 1973 Documents in Mycenaean Greek
Shelmerdine, Cynthia, 2008 A Companion to Linear B: Mycenaean Greek Texts and their World vol. I (ed. Yves Duhoux and Anna Morpurgo Davies) "Mycenaean Society"