Ideograms for Sheep
Ewe (female sheep), OVISf
Sheep, OVIS, *106, phonetic syllable /QI/
Ram (male sheep), OVISm1
1 alternately, castrated and uncastrated male sheep (Killen 1964, 3-4) or sheep of either sex (Killen 1964, 13f)
Sheep Inventories
Just Sheep
KN Da, KN Db, KN Dc, KN Dd, KN De, KN Df, KN Dg, KN Dm, KN Dn, KN Do, KN Dq, KN Dv, KN D
Sheep with LANA
Mixed Livestock
Mixed Commodities
Sheep Adjuncts
O
Can be combined with adjunct KI.
Killen 1964: abbreviation for O-PE-RO deficit
Chadwick & Ventris 1973: abbreviation for O-PE-RO-ME-NO vel. sim.
KI
Can be combined with adjuncts O, NE, PE and ZA.
Killen 1964: young animal of either sex
NE
Can be combined with adjunct KI.
PA
Furumark 1954; Killen 1964: abbreviation for PA-RA-JO cf. παλαιοι old, marked for culling, intended as mutton
Sundwall 1956: not an abbreviation for PA-RA-JO
PE
Can be combined with adjunct KI.
Minutes of the London [Mycenaean] Seminar, Nov. 21st, 1962; Killen 1964: abbreviation for PE-RU-SI-NU-WO last year's
SE
ZA
Can be combined with adjunct KI.
References
Chadwick, John and Michael Ventris, 1973 Documents in Mycenaean Greek
Furumark, Arne, 1954 Eranos 52 "Ägäische Texte in griechischer Sprache"
Killen, J.T., 1964 British School at Athens (BSA) 59 "The Wool Industry of Crete in the Late Bronze Age"
Sundwall, Johannes, 1956 Societas Scientiarum Fennica, Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 22 "Zur Buchführung im Palast von Knossos"
I’ve been doing some data analysis related to the sign groups and adjuncts that most frequently appear in conjunction with OVIS on the Knossos tablets. Here’s what most frequently appears in the context of OVIS at Knossos (I’ve excluded single instance appearances; and please ignore the case sensitivity, it’s just an issue with my current set of data):
[“O”, 154],
[“(O)”, 6],
[“o”, 3],
=> 163 instances
[“LANA”, 92],
[“LANA[“, 8],
[“(LANA)[“, 6],
=> 106 instances
[“KI”, 68],
[“(KI)”, 3],
=> 71 instances
[“PA”, 60],
[“(PA)”, 6],
=> 66 instances
[“PE”, 59],
[“(PE)”, 3],
=> 62 instances
[“KU-TA-TO”, 46],
[“ku-ta-to”, 2],
[“KU-TA-TO[“, 2],
[“]KU-TA-TO”, 5],
=> 55 instances
[“U-TA-JO”, 16],
[“U-TA-JO-JO”, 18],
[“]U-TA-JO-JO”, 2],
[“(U)-TA-JO-JO”, 2],
=> 38 instances
[“CAPf”, 16],
[“CAPm”, 12],
[“CAP”, 4],
[“(CAPf)[“, 2],
=> 34 instances
[“RU-KI-TO”, 26],
[“(RU)-KI-TO”, 2],
[“RU-KI-(TO)”, 3],
=> 31 instances
[“E-KO-SO”, 26],
[“]E-KO-SO”, 2],
[“](E)-KO-SO”, 2],
=> 30 instances
[“PA-I-TO”, 26],
[“PA-I-TO[“, 2],
=> 28 instances
[“X”, 24],
[“(X)”, 2],
=> 26 instances
[“DA-*22-TO”, 21],
[“RA-TO”, 21],
[“DA-WO”, 21],
[“M”, 21],
[“RI-JO-NO”, 19],
[“*56-KO-WE”, 18],
[“QA-RA”, 17],
[“SU-RI-MO”, 15],
[“SU-RI-MO[“, 2],
=> 17 instances
[“TI-RI-TO”, 13],
[“TI-RI-(TO)”, 2],
[“](TI)-RI-TO”, 2],
=> 17 instances
[“DO-TI-JA”, 16],
[“WE-WE-SI-JO”, 16],
[“RA-SU-TO”, 14],
[“DA-MI-NI-JO”, 13],
[“E-RA”, 13],
[“WE-WE-SI-JO-JO”, 13],
[“BOSm”, 4],
[“BOSf”, 4],
[“BOS”, 3],
[“BOSm”, 2],
=> 13 instances
[“TU-NI-JA”, 11],
[“RA-JA”, 11],
[“E-KA-RA-E-WE”, 10],
[“A-KA”, 10],
[“KI-RI-JO-TE”, 10],
[“SUS”, 2],
[“SUSm”, 2],
[“SUSf”, 6],
=> 10 instances
[“](RO)”, 9],
[“DO-E-RO”, 7],
[“(DO)-(E)-(RO)”, 2],
=> 9 instances
[“SA-QA-RE-JO”, 8],
[“A3-MI-RE-WE”, 8],
[“A-TE-JO”, 8],
[“U-TA-NO”, 7],
[“PE-RI-QO-TE-JO”, 7],
[“ZA”, 7],
[“PA-RO”, 6],
[“PU-NA-SO”, 6],
[“O[“, 6],
[“]O”, 6],
[“]-JO”, 5],
[“WE”, 5],
[“TU-RI-SO”, 5],
[“DA-RA-KO”, 5],
[“PU-SO”, 5],
[“NE”, 5],
[“QA-MO”, 5],
[“SE”, 5],
[“]TO”, 5],
[“]-TO”, 5],
[“]KI”, 4],
[“SI-JA-DU-WE”, 4],
[“DI-RO”, 4],
[“]NO”, 4],
[“WI-NA-JO”, 4],
[“]RA”, 4],
[“](SE)”, 4],
[“PO-TI-NI-JA-WE-JO”, 4],
[“(O)[“, 4],
[“SU-KI-RI-TA”, 4],
[“]WO”, 4],
[“A-NU-KO”, 4],
[“KE-TO”, 3],
[“A-KO-MO-NI-JO”, 3],
[“PE-KO”, 3],
[“A-RA-KO”, 3],
[“SE-TO-I-JA”, 3],
[“](PA)”, 3],
[“WA-DU-NA-RO”, 3],
[“KA-TO-RO”, 3],
[“SA”, 3],
[“]JO”, 3],
[“KO-MA-WE-TO”, 3],
[“]-RO”, 3],
[“](O)”, 3],
[“]-SO”, 3],
[“A-KO-RA-JA”, 3],
[“]PU-SO”, 3],
[“TE-RA-PO-SI-JO”, 3],
[“PO-KU-TA”, 3],
[“](RE)-TO”, 2],AU -RI-JO”, 2],
[“RU-NA-MO”, 2],
[“A-WA-SO”, 2],
[“O-PA”, 2],
[“VIN”, 2],
[“E-(RA)”, 2],
[“TA-DE-SO”, 2],
[“A-TE-I-JA-TA”, 2],
[“KI[“, 2],
[“A-KA-WI-JA-DE”, 2],
[“]TA-ZA”, 2],
[“A-TE-MO”, 2],
[“TO-SA”, 2],
[“A-NO-QO-TA”, 2],
[“MA-RI”, 2],
[“KA-SA-RO”, 2],
[“]RA-TO”, 2],
[“A-QI-RU”, 2],
[“RA-WO-QO-NO-JO”, 2],
[“]WE”, 2],
[“](JA)”, 2],
[“](TI)”, 2],
[“]TA-O”, 2],
[“KA-NI-TO”, 2],
[“](NI)-JO”, 2],
[“]DE-A-TA”, 2],
[“RO-RU”, 2],
[“](JA)[“, 2],
[“]MO”, 2],
[“]TA”, 2],
[“(PA)[“, 2], [“]JA”, 2],
[“A-KO-RO”, 2],
[“A-NU-MO”, 2],
[“A-PI-QO-TA”, 2],
[“](KI)”, 2],
[“]A-DI-JE-WO”, 2],
[“KU-TA-SI-JO”, 2],
[“E-U-KO-RO”, 2],
[“U-RA-JO”, 2],
[“]QO-TE-JO”, 2],
[“]KO-WE-JO”, 2],
[“WO-WO”, 2],
[“PA-RA-TI-JO”, 2],
[“RA-RI-DI-JO”, 2],
[“TO-U-NA-TA”, 2],
[“](TO)”, 2],
[“]I-TO”, 2],
[“TA-U-NA-SO”, 2],
[“]QA-NA-NO-TO”, 2],
[“]SA”, 2],
[“E-SE-RE-E-JO”, 2],
[“*56-DU-NU-KA”, 2],
[“E-(RA)[“, 2],
[“](RA)”, 2],
[“KA-MI-NI-TO”, 2],
[“]KA-MO”, 2],
[“DU-NI”, 2],
[“SI-TA-RO”, 2],
[“QE-[“, 2],
[“TA-NA-PO-SO”, 2],
[“DA-JA-RO”, 2],
[“A3-KE-WA-TO”, 2],
[“KO-TI”, 2],
[“](WO)”, 2],
[“KA-RU-NO”, 2],
[“(WE)[“, 2],
[“KA-DA-NO”, 2],
[“
[“]ZA-RA-RO”, 2],
[“QA-NA-NO-TO”, 2],
[“DE-KE-SE-U”, 2],
to do:
break it down further into OVIS, OVISf and OVISm
case insensitivity
run Pylos and compare once PY data entry is complete
auto-consolidate declensions and alternations
de-duplicate entries from single inscriptions with multiple sources
adjust for palimpsest erasures