The famous Ashmolean tablet An_1938_706_o, so many swords:This is one of the most famous of all tablets in Linear B. It is also one of the very first tablets I ever translated from Linear B into English, when I was first learning Linear B in 2012-2013. The literal translation is: tosa pakana = so many swords 50, but it is obvious that the scribe meant: a total of 50 swords. In other words, the formulaic phrase “so many” actually means “a total of”. Remember, this is an inventory.
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The famous Ashmolean tablet An_1938_706_o, so many swords
Filed under: Decipherment, LINEAR B, Military, SCRIPTA MINOA, Tablets, Vocabulary by vallance22 — 1 Comment
May 18, 2016
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This is also one of the first Military tablets I had to translate. It was easy to remember back then.
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