a-ka-i-jo

Knossos, Thebes
cf. a-ka?
cf. (i-jo, i-je-ja) di-wi-jo, ki-si-wi-jo, we-we-si-jo, wo-di-jo

Definitions

Chadwick & Ventris 1973: anthroponym

Variants

a-ka-i-je-ja

Chadwick & Ventris 1973: feminine adjectival formation on a-ka-i-jo?

Context

a-ka-i-jo appears in the "owner" / "collector" position with "ko-ti / pa-i-to" on KN De 1084.

Appears as "a-ka-i-je-ja , du-qo-te-ja LANA 2" on TH Of 27.
Appears as "(a)-ka-i-je-ja , pu2-ke-qi-ri-ne-ja LANA 2" on TH Of 27.

Associated Commodities

LANA: TH Of
OVIS: KN De

Associated Toponyms

pa-i-to: KN De

References

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

One Response to a-ka-i-jo

  1. It seems reasonable to me to tentatively assume cf. a-ka here, at least for a-ka-i-je-ja, based on contextual evidence. Compare TH Of 27 with the instances of a-ka on the KN Da series, i.e. LANA (wool) from OVIS (sheep).

    TH Of 27
    [ ]-ri-ta-de ku LANA 1
    a-ka-i-je-ja , du-qo-te-ja LANA 2
    a-ka-i-je-ja , pu2-ke-qi-ri-ne-ja LANA 2

    KN Da 1083
    OVISm 200
    po-i-te-u / a-ka

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