a-pa-ta-wa

Knossos


Toponym: a-pa-ta-wa
Ethnics: a-pa-ta-wa-jo, a-pa-ta-wa-ja

Definitions

McArthur 1993: toponym, probably Aptara based on non-contradicting geographic evidence of place-name equation

Palmer 1979, Chadwick & Ventris 1973: toponym, cf. Ἀπταρα (identified by Pashley 1837 as a site in eastern Crete at Palaiokastro)

Hart 1965: Aptara in northwest Crete

Parallel Sign Groups

In KN C: o-du-ru-wi-joethnic, si-ra-rotoponym, ri-jo-notoponym, ku-ta-i-totoponym, wa-totoponym

Associated Commodities

BOS: KN C
CAP: KN Co
ne *170: KN C
OVIS: KN Co
SUS: KN Co
VIR: KN Am

Associated Occupations

ko-re-te: KN C
te-re-ta: KN Am

References

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

Hart, G.R., 1965 Mnemosyne 18 “The Grouping of Place-Names in the Knossos Tablets”

McArthur, Jennifer, 1993 Suplementos a MINOS núm. 9 "Place-Names in the Knossos Tablets Identification and Location"

Palmer, Leonard R., 1979 Colloquium Mycenaeum "Context and Geography I: Crete"

Pashley, Robert, 1837 Travels in Crete

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