Variants

OLE+A

Melena 1983: oil + acrophonic abbreviation for a-ro-pa
Palmer 1963: oil from ἀμύγδαλα (Balanites aegyptica) which is low in grease

OLE+PA

Melena 1983: male oil, where male is interpreted as "untamed"

OLE+PO

Melena 1983: oil + acrophonic abbreviation for po-ti-ni-ja-we-jo or acrophonic abbreviation for πρόσφατον 'recent, fresh'

Foster 1977: oil + acrophonic abbreviation for po-ni-ki-jo as a dye used to colour perfumes and unguents
Chadwick & Ventris 1973: oil + acrophonic abbreviation for po-ro-ko-wa

Palmer 1963: palm oil, cf. φοινίχινον ἔλαιον

OLE+SI

Melena 1983: oil + acrophonic abbreviation for si-a2-ro, "i.e. a 'fattened' unguent, possibly obtained by adding fat"

OLE+WE

Melena 1983: oil + acrophonic abbreviation for [[we-ja-re-pe]]

References

Foster, E.D., 1977 Minos vol. 16 "po-ni-ki-jo in the Knossos Tablets Reconsidered"

Melena, José L., 1983 Minos vol. 18 "Olive Oil and Other Sorts of Oil in the Mycenaean Tablets"

Palmer, Leonard R., 1963 The Interpretation of Mycenaean Greek Texts