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Los Iibros (y las separatas de art icul os) para resena deberan e nviarse a la direcc iôn indi cada de i profeso r Palaima. No se devo lvera nin guna de las publi cac iones rec ibidas. Suscripcion: Las suscripci o nes pueden hacerse a través de un a libreria 0 bien directamente a MARCIAL PONS, L18I?ERO, Departamento de revistas, San Sotem 6, E-28037 MADRID, Espaiia . AN INSCRIBED HANDLE FROM PALAIKASTRO (PK Zb 25) During the summer of 2000, an inscribed handle (00/4831/17) was found by chance at Palaikastro l . The handle is made of coarse red clay, tempered with large inclusions of schist and quartz. It is not complete but the attachment suggests that it may have belonged to an amphora (1. 8.5 cm, d. 4.8 x 3.8 cm, th. at end 2.1 cm). Three signs are inscribed from left to right on its upper side (PK Zb 25). The new inscription may be identified as Linear A for several reasons. Its palaeography is characteristic of Linear A, although all three signs are attested in Linear A and Linear B but not in Cretan Hieroglyphic, but Linear B is almost never incised on vases and occurs usually painted on stirrup jars and a few other vessel types. Moreover, no Linear B inscriptions have as yet been found east of Malia. This is the first Linear A inscription on the handle of a vessel and usually Linear A can be found on the shoulder or body of small, medium-sized and large storage vessels. There are, however, examples of Cretan Hieroglyphic inscriptions on handles 2 . THE INSCRIPTION The signs are deeply incised with a relatively thick tool (FIG. 1). The first two signs pose no problems of identification and can be identified as AB 73 and AB 01, which applying the Linear B phonetic values read MI-DA. The palaeography of AB 73 is very simple and recalls the way this sign is written on HT Wc 3006a and HT 29.4. Sign AB 01 does not allow for any palaeographic variation because of its simple tracé. The third sign consists of a vertical trait with to its right an oblique trait forming an angle. It may tentatively be read as AB 60/RA, although its tracé presents sorne idiosyncrasies. Not only is there no horizontallower bar linking vertical and oblique traits but the righthand part of AB 60/RA usually presents a curved line, which is not the case here. lt is is possible that constraint in available space deterrnined the odd shape of the sign. 2 The inscription was discovered by L. Petersson at the gate to the new excavations at Roussolakkos. We thank Delia Riccardi-Percy for the drawing and lA. MacGillivray for the photograph. We also thank J.A. MacGillivray, L.H. Sackett and the British School for permission to publish this inscription. Cretan Hieroglyphic signs are found on handles (J.-P. Olivier - L. Godart, Corpus Hieroglyphicarum Inscriptionum Cretae (ÉtCrét 31) 1996, pp. 316-317 and I. Schoep, «A New Cretan Hieroglyphic Inscription from Malia (MAN Yb 03)>>, Kadmos 34, 1995, pp. 78-80). ly!i!';os 37-38, ＮｾＰＲＭＳＬ＠ pp. 7]-80 78 ILSE SCHOEP - JAN DRIESSEN Figure 1: PK Zb 25 (after a drawing by D. Riccardi-Percy) The sign-group AB 73-01-60/MI-DA-RA. is a hapax and its meaning is unknown. Linear A inscriptions are quite common at Palaikastro and the discovery of the handle (PK Zb 25) brings the total number of Linear A inscriptions to 19, of which five occur on clay vessels (PK Zb 19,21,24 and PK Zc 13)3. The other inscriptions are found on stone vases (PK Za 4, 8, 9, 10, Il, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 20) and administrative documents. such as a pageshaped tablet (PK 1) from House B, and a round and perforated object (PK Wy 23), which was also a chance find recovered from the area of the old excavations. Wy 23 and Zb 25 show that Palaikastro did not always behave in the same way as other literate centres on the island. The purpose of the present inscription remains similarly problematic4 . Depending on their components, Linear A inscriptions on clay vessels faH into three different groups. These categories of inscription probably con vey information of a different kind and must have been inscribed for different purposes. 1. Inscriptions consisting of a single or ligatured sign When the single signs can be identified as logograms, as for example AB 131 or A 302 OIL (eg. KN Zb 34), it is possible that they convey information WINE 4 For PK Zb 19 (J. Driessen, «A New Linear A Inscription», in J.A. MacGillivray et al., «Excavations at Palaikastro, 1986», BSA 82, 1987, p. 153) and Zb 21 (J. Driessen, «The inscribed Pithos Zb 21», in J.A. MacGillivray et al., «Excavations at Palaikastro, 1990», BSA 86, 1991, pp. 146-147); For Zb 23 and Zb 24 see I. Schoep, «A Note on the Inscribed Material of the 1994 Excavations», in J.A. MacGillivray et al. , «Excavations at Palaikastro, 1994 and 1996», BSA 93, 1998, pp. 264-268. A half preserved disc-shaped loom weight was a surface find in trench EM 84 of Area 6. The clay is course, tempered with quartz and schist inclusions and was heavily reduced when fired (8.0 x 4.3 cm). A badly preserved incision of an oblique stroke departing from a longer vertical stroke (AB 20/Z0?) may be recognised in the centre of the loomweight. AN INSCRIBED HANDLE FROM P ALAIKASTRO 79 about what was stored in the container. In sorne cases, the single signs cannot be identified as logograms (e.g. KE Zb 3) and then their meaning is not c1ears. 2. Inscriptions consisting ofsign-group(s), which are accompanied by logogram(s) and number(s) Examples of this type of inscription can be found on KN Zb 27 and ZA Zb 3. Considering the quantities of wine involved in these two inscriptions, it is unlikely that they refer to the contents of the containers on which they occur. Instead, the context in which both were found suggests that the inscriptions could refer to a certain event. ZA Zb 3 contains six sign-groups and the logo gram for wine (AB 131a), followed by a quantity of 32 units. Two of the sign-groups are paralleled elsewhere: AB 0859-28-301-45-77/A-TA-1-301-DE-KA is a variation of the so-called primary libation formula6, whereas AB 37-37-81/TI-TI-KU is attested on a tablet from Ayia Triada (HT 35), where it occurs on a tablet which books rnixed commodities. The 32 units of wine, which correspond to ca. 921.6 litres, would be sufficient to fill six pithoi of the size of ZA Zb 3, which coincides with the number of pithoi found in magazine e. It would then seem that the inscription on this pithos does not simply refer to its contents, but perhaps to a special occasion (ritual?) involving a batch of pithoi1. The same may be suggested for the sign-group on KN Zb 27, where the wine logogram is followed by 107 units, or ca. 3369.6 litres of wines. KN Zb 27 cornes from the Temple Repositories and in this case as weIl, a large number of other vases were found with it. 3. Inscriptions consisting ofindependent sign-groups The Zb inscriptions which consist of sign-groups only are most difficult to interpret, since the words are mostly hapaxes (e.g. KN Zb 5, KN Zb 52, PK Zb 19, PK Zb 21) and may denote anthroponyms, toponyms or other words. The s The sign 011 KE Zb 3 (AB 67/KI) depicts a one-handled cup and thus mimicks the 6 7 S vessel on which it was inscribed. This fonnula is aiso attested on stone vases from the peak sanctuaries of Iouktas and Petsofas and from Prassa and Apodoulou (A. Karetsou, J.-P. Olivier & L. Godart, «Inscriptions en linéaire A du sanctuaire de sommet du Mont Iouktas», Kadmos 24, 1985 , pp. 89-147 ; I. Schoep, «Ritual Politics and Script», Aegean A rchaeology I, 1994, pp. 15-16). T. G. Palairna, «Seal-Users and Script-Users», in P. Ferioli, E. Fiandra G. Giacomo Fissore M. Frangipane eds., Archives before Writing. Proceedings of the International Colloquium Oriolo Romano, October 23-25, 1991, Rome 1994, pp. 307-337. The reading of 17 units (J.-P. Olivier & L. Godart, Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A = GOR/LA IV, p. 78) has been revised recently and the horizontal stroke (ten) is now read as part of a circle (hundred) (J.-P. Olivier, «Rapport sur les textes en hiéroglyphique crétois en linéaire A et en linéaire B», in J.-P. Olivier ed., Mykenaïka. Actes du IXe Colloque international sur les textes mycéniens et égéens (Athènes, 9-6 octobre 1990), Paris 1994, p. 446). 80 AN INSCRIBED HANDLE FROM PALAlKASTRO newly discovered inscription c1early faIls into this category. A good example of a toponym the second case is HT Zb 158.b, which lists the sign-group SU-KI-RITE-I-JA. This word may be related to AB 58-67-53-59/SU-KI-RI-TA on PH Wa and SU38. We may tentatively identify SU-KI-RI-TA as the toponym ｾｵｰｬｔ｡Ｙ＠ KI-RI-TE-I-JA as a word relating to this sign-group. Although the ending of the sign-group on PK Zb 25 in AB 02/RA is common (see GORILA), is not possible to determine whether MI-DA-RA on PK 25 is an anthroponym or a toponym lO . B-3000 Leuven, Belgium liSE SCHOEP University of Leuven FWO - Flanders PB 33 B-3000 Leuven, Belgium University of Leuven Archeologie Blijde /nkomststraat 2/ JAN DRIESSEN lLSE SCHOEP - J AN DRlESSEN: An Inscribed Handle from Palaikastro.- PLATE XVI PKZb25 SUPLEMENTOS A «MINOS» 1. PIERO MERIGGI: Primi e1ementi di minoico A. L956. 44 pags . Agotado. Out of print. EMMETT L. BENNETT: The Olive Oil Tablets of Pylos. Texts of Inscriptions Found, 2. 1955. L958. 76 pags. + XIX laminas fuera de texto. Agotado. Out of print. GIOVANNI PUGLIESE CAR RATELLI: Le epigrafi di Haghia Triada in Lineare A. 1963. X + 92 pags . Agotado. Out of print. 4. THEODOROS G. 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A Non Literale Alternative Way of Accounting .................. ...... .. .... ........ .... .. ............ ILsE SCHOEP - JAN DRIESSEN: An Inscribed Handle from Palaikastro ｾ＠ ....................................... ... ... ........ ......... ... ... ................... ALEXANDER UCH ITEL : HT 94 .................................. ................ ...... .......... GIULIO M. FACCHETTI: On Some Recents Attempts to ldent(fy Linear A Minoan Language ........ ... ... ... ..... ... ... ... ... ... .... ....... ... .... ... ......... ...... ... M ARGA LIT F INKELBERG: The Eteocretan. lnscriptiol1.from Psychro and the Goddess of Thalamai .................................................................. JOHN T. KILLEN: The Wm Nodulesfrom Knossos ................................ ... RICHARD J . F IRTH: Fil1.d-Places of the Wm Nodulesfrom Knossos ............. JOSÉ L. M ELENA : A New Fragment of Linear B Tabletfrom Pylos ........... RICHARD 1. FIRTH , JOSÉ L. MELENA: 22 Joins an.d Quasi-Joins of Fragments of LB Tablets from Knossos .. ...... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. ............ .......... .... .. .... .. .. .. RICH ARD J. FIRTH, MARIE-LouISE B . NOSCH: Scribe 103 and the Mycenaean Textile Industry af Knossos: The Lc( 1)and Od( J )-Sets ........ ............ M AUR IZIO DEL FREO : La tablette An 724 de Pylos .............................. .. .. Y VES D UHOUX: Dieux ou humains? Qui sont ma-ka, o-po-re-i el ko- wa dans les tablettes linéaire B de Thèbes .................................. ...... ..... JORG W EILHARTNER: Überlegungen zu den Mykenischen Bankettexten ......... K ALLIOP I EFKLEIDOU: The Status of 'Oulsiders ' within Mycenaean Pylos: Issues of Ethnic ldentity, Inco rpora/ion or Marginality ................... V ASS ILI S P. PETR A KIS: to-no-e-ke-te-ri -j o Reconsidered ......................... RUPERT 1. E. THOMPSO N: What the Butler Shaw: Some Thoughts on the Mycenaean 0 - - jo- Particle .............................................................. R UPERT J. E. THOMPSON : Special vs. Normal Myce'haean Revisited ....... JosÉ LUIs GARciA R AMON : Der Name o-ki-ro / Ork ilos/ : Eine iiberzeugende Deutung von Prof l/ievski .................................................. TH OMAS G. PALA IM A : DL Zh 1: Quou sq ue tandem ? ................................ KI M S . SH ELTO : A New Linear B Tablel from Pelsas House, Mycenae.... SARAH A. JAMES : The Thebes Tablets and Ihe Fq Series: A Contextual Analysis .... .. .... ........ .. .... ... .... ... .... ... ... ..... ... ... ...... .................... ..... ........ M AR IA ROCCH I : Apollon il Malealas deI Monte Kynortion .... .. .. .............. ALEXANDRA K ARETSOU, L OU IS G ODA RT et JEAN- PIERRE OLI VIER: Une nouvelle inscription en linéaire A du sanctuaire de sommet du Monllouktas(IOZaJ6) ..... .................... .. .... .. .............................. IRI S T ZACHILI: 7 TI 81 89 95 101 107 111 1 13 121 143 173 255 269 293 3 17 337 37 1 373 387 397 419 437 MISCELÂNEA Cornelis Jord Ruijgh (/930-2004) .................... .... .. .... .. . Comité In ternational Permanent des Eludes Mycéniennes .... .. .. .... .... ..... YVES DUHOUX : 449 45 1 RECENSIONES A. BARTONËK: Handbuch des mykellischen Griechisch (Y. Duhou x) ..... CATHER INE DOBI AS -LALOU : Le dialecte des inscriptions grecques de Cyrène ( J. L. Garcia Ramon) ...................... .. .... .... . ................ ............. T. SCHOEP: Th e Administration of Neopalatial Crete ( St. N iko lo udi s) y. L. ARAVANTINOS , L. GODART, A. SACCON I: Thèbes. Fouilles de la Cadmée Ill. Corpus des documents d 'archives en linéaire B de Th èbes ( J-433). (O. Rou si ot i ) .............. ................ .................... ............ M. M EIER- BRÜGGER: Indogermanische Sprachwissenschaft (O. K o lligan) E. CAMPAN ILE: Saggi di linguistica comparaliva e riconstruzione ....................... ................ cullurale (1. L. Garcia R am o n) B OOKS RECE IVED .. ... ... ... ........... ........ ... ............ ....... .. ...... ........................ ... 453 456 46 1 467 469 474 479