Pylos PY Sh series
Transliterations from Bennett & Olivier 1973 unless otherwise noted. Modified Wingspread Convention in use. All tablets in the series were found in Annex Room 7.
PY Sh 733
ARM 1 me-zo-a2 O 20 me-u-jo-a2 O 10 ko-ru-to O 4 PA 2
Palaima 1996: low-quality B&W photograph, p. 394
PY Sh 734
ARM 1 me-zo-a2 O 22 me-u-jo-a2 O 12 KO O 4 PA 2
side 2 (verso)
(to) (jo) (me) (do) (mi) [.] o (wo) to (ra) (ro) (ARM) 1
Palaima 1996: low-quality B&W photograph of recto and verso, p. 395
PY Sh 735
ARM 1 me-zo-a2 O 22 me-u-jo-a2 O 12 KO O 4 PA 2
Palaima 1996: low-quality B&W photograph, p. 395
PY Sh 736
to-ra-ke , a-me-ja-to , o-pa , me-za-na , wo-ke , ne-(wo)[ ]5
Palaima 1996: low-quality B&W photograph, p. 393
PY Sh 737
ARM 1 o-pa-wo-ta , me-zo-a2 , O 20 me-u-jo-a2 , O 10 ko-ru-to , O 4 pa-ra-wa-jo 2
Palaima 1996: low-quality B&W photograph, p. 394
PY Sh 738
ARM 1 me-zo-a2 O 22 me-u-jo-a2 O 12 KO O 4 PA 2
Palaima 1996: low-quality B&W photograph, p. 395
PY Sh 739
ARM 1 me-zo-a2 O 22 me-u-jo-a2 O 12 KO O 4 PA 2
side 2
.a [ [ to-mi-(re)-[ ](wa)-[ ]-re-[ ](e)-(ko)-si ] ]
.b [ [ o-(to)-pe-(da)-(ko)-we-de-[.]-(ke)[ ] ]
Palaima 1996: low-quality B&W photograph of recto and verso, p. 395
PY Sh 740
.a ko-ru-to O 4 PA 2
.b pa-ra-jo , ARM ZE 5 wi-so-(wo)-pa-(na)[](o)-pa-wo-ta , me-zo-a2 O 20 me-u-jo-a2 O 10
ko-ru-to on .a is above -pa-(na) in wi-so-(wo)-pa-(na) on .b
Palaima 1996: low-quality B&W photograph, p. 393
PY Sh 741
ARM 1 me-zo-a2 , O 20 me-u-jo-a2 O 10 ko-ru-to O 4 PA 2
Palaima 1996: low-quality B&W photograph, p. 394
PY Sh 742
ARM 1 me-zo-a2 O 20 me-u-jo-a2 O 10 ko-ru-to O 4 PA 2
B&W photograph (low quality): Palaima 1996, p. 394-5
Facsimile: Palaima 2011, p. 100
PY Sh 743
ARM 1 me-zo-a2 , O 20 me-u-jo-a2 O 10 ko-ru-to O (4) (PA) 2
Palaima 1996: low-quality B&W photograph, p. 394-5
PY Sh 744
ARM 1 me-zo-a2 O 20 me-u-jo-a2 O 10 ko-ru-to , O 4 PA 2
Palaima 1996: low-quality B&W photograph, p. 394-5
References
Bennett, Emmett L. Jr. and Jean-Pierre Olivier, 1973 The Pylos Tablets Transcribed (PTT)
Palaima, Thomas G., 1996 Attí e memorie del secondo congresso internazionale di micenologia vol. I Philology "'Contiguities' in the Linear B Tablets from Pylos"
Palaima, Thomas G., 2011 A Companion to Linear B: Mycenaean Greek Texts and their World vol. II (ed. Yves Duhoux and Anna Morpurgo Davies) "Scribes, Scribal Hands and Palaeography"
Compare the contexts of pa-ra-jo (*740) and pa-ra-wa-jo (*737). These appear to be variants.
There’s a good argument here that they’re contextually different. pa-ra-jo is used here as an adjective describing ARM on PY Sh 740 and pa-ra-wa-jo is used as a noun that’s being counted on PY Sh 737, parallel to ko-ru-to (helmet).
I’ve added Chadwick & Ventris’ 1973 theory for pa-ra-wa-jo for you. It also appears on KN Sk for further context.
Once I get all of the lexicon on to the site (an on-going task that I will be at for quite awhile…), I’ll be able to start updating with more current theories on some of these words, though in many cases, the 2008 or even 2011 versions of the theories echo Chadwick & Ventris’ work. I’m hoping there’s something new on me-zo and me-u-jo; I find their definition in this context a bit hard to believe.