𐀀𐀩𐀞

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Mycenaean Greek[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄλειφαρ (áleiphar).

Noun[edit]

𐀀𐀩𐀞 (a-re-pa /áleipʰar/)

  1. ointment; unguent
    • c. 1200 BCE (LH IIIB2/LH IIIC), Pylos Un 267‎[1]:
      𐀃𐀈𐀐 𐀀𐀒𐀰𐀲
      𐀶𐀸𐀲 𐀀𐀩𐀞𐀿𐀃
      𐀶𐀸𐀀 𐀀𐀩𐀞𐀳
      𐀽𐀰𐀕𐀜
      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
      /hoi=dōke a(r)ksotās
      tʰuwestāi aleipʰa(d)zohōi
      tʰuweha aleipʰatei
      zesomenōi      /
      A(r)xotas has given
      to Thuestes the unguent-boiler
      spices for unguent.dat-instr.sg
      to be boiled.dat-instr.sg

References[edit]

  • (basic translation of Py Un 267:) Killen, John T. (1962) “The Wool Ideogram in the Linear B Texts”, in Hermathena, volume 96, →JSTOR, pages 38-72

Further reading[edit]

  • Luján, Eugenio R. (2019) “Mycenaean a-re-se-si and Homeric ἄλεισον Revisited”, in Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, volume 59, number 1, pages 1-14
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