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Mycenaean Greek
Etymology
Cognate with Ancient Greek แผฮปฮตฮนฯฮฑฯ (รกleiphar).
Noun
๐๐ฉ๐ (a-re-pa /รกleipสฐar/)
- ointment; unguent
c. 1200 BCE (LH IIIB2/LH IIIC), Pylos Un 267:๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฒ
๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฟ๐
๐ถ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ณ
๐ฝ๐ฐ๐๐- o-do-ke a-ko-so-ta
tu-we-ta a-re-pa-zo-o
tu-we-a a-re-pa-te
ze-so-me-no - /hล=dลke a(r/l)kso(i)tฤs
tสฐuwestฤi aleipสฐa(d)zohลi:
tสฐuweha, aleipสฐatei
zesomenลi/ - Thus has A(r/l)xo(i)tas supplied
Thuestes the unguent-boiler:
spices, for unguent.dat-instr.sg
to be boiled.dat-instr.sg
References
- (basic translation of Py Un 267:) Killen, John T. (1962) โThe Wool Ideogram in the Linear B Textsโ, in Hermathena, volume 96, โJSTOR, pages 38-72
Further reading
- Lujรกn, Eugenio R. (2019) โMycenaean a-re-se-si and Homeric แผฮปฮตฮนฯฮฟฮฝ Revisitedโ, in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, volume 59, number 1, pages 1-14