M

Linear B Weight Measure M

Definitions

Palmer 2008: weight measurement

Ratios

M = L/30 cf. PY Jn 415, 658 (but see L for issues with its ubiquity)

Context

Knossos

KN Bg, KN Dk (LANA), KN Dl, KN Ga (po-ni-ki-jo), KN Gg (LANA), KN L, KN Lc (LANA), KN M, KN Mc (*142), KN Nc, KN Np, KN Oa, KN Od (LANA), KN Og

Mycenae

MY Ge

Pylos

PY Ja, PY Jn (AES), PY Jo (AUR), PY La, PY Ma, PY Mn, PY Sa (ROTA), PY Un

Tiryns

TI X

References

Killen, John T. and Jean-Pierre Olivier, 1973 The Knossos Tablets 5th Ed.

Palmer, Ruth, 2008 A Companion to Linear B: Mycenaean Greek Texts and their World (ed. Yves Duhoux and Anna Morpurgo Davies) "How to Begin?"

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