DWO

Linear B DWO
Linear B Syllabogram *90, /dwo/

Definitions

Originally read as wo-wo. Risch in 1957 first recognized it as a separate sign.

Chadwick & Ventris 1973: δύο, δύω, cf. δ(F)ώδεκα

Variants

du-wo-u-pi

Chadwick & Ventris 1973: instrumental of dwo, cf. Arc. dual in -οιυν

DWO- Sign Groups

dwo-jo KN hapax

Alternations

du-wo

dwo-jo (Knossos);
du-wo-jo (Pylos Scribe 2)

wi-dwo-i-jo (Pylos Scribe 1);
wi-du-wo-i-jo (Pylos Scribe 2)

References

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

Risch 1957 TBD