𐁉


𐁉 U+10049, 𐁉
LINEAR B SYLLABLE B033 RA3
← 𐁈
[U+10048] 		Linear B Syllabary 𐁊 β†’
[U+1004A]

Mycenaean Greek

Painted wall in Akrotiri, Thera, 17th c. BCE, depicting saffron gatherers.
Crocus cartwrightianus

Etymology 1

Never attested spelled out syllabically, though likely pronounced as Ancient Greek ΞΊΟΟŒΞΊΞΏΟ‚ (krΓ³kos), whence perhaps 𐀒𐀫𐀏[ (ko-ro-ka[), also in Knossos, which would refer to a group of women assigned to gathering saffron, and less likely π€’π€«π€‘π€Š (ko-ro-ki-ja), more generally seen as an ethnic designation for certain women in Pylos.

Noun

𐁉 (CROC or *144) (ideogram)

  1. saffron (Crocus sativus, or more likely its predecessor C. cartwrightianus)
    • KN Np(1) 85 + 5047 + 7938 + 8057:[1]
      𐀏𐀲𐀨 𐁉 π€₯ π„Œ
      ka-ta-ra CROC qi 6
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • KN Np(1) 267:[2]
      𐀭𐀔𐀅 𐁉 𐀫
      sa-ma-da CROC ro
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • KN Np(1) 272 + 7419 + fr.:[3]
      𐀅𐀺 𐁉 𐄻 𐄇
      da-wo CROC Q 1
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • various other fragmentary inscriptions in the KN Np series

References

  1. ^ Knossos Tablets III, pages 158a, 123b, 183b, 186a; CoMIK 1, Β§85 page 44
  2. ^ Knossos Tablets III, page 123a; CoMIK 1, Β§267 page 112
  3. ^ Knossos Tablets III, page 123a; CoMIK 1, Β§272 page 113
  • Melena JimΓ©nez (1976), pages 187f.
  • Alberti (2009), pages 45f.

Etymology 2

Syllable

𐁉 (ra3 or *33)

  1. A syllabogram.
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