K

PEOPLE AND ANIMALS

ioo

A-

ioi

Ag

f. t

ft

102

A-

103

104

Cn

UNITS OF MEASUREMENT
MAN

110

M ANC

111

O C7

113

MANB

^7

volume

HO l<N <H
TTT TTT T
1 1 "i ^ * )

112

IVO M AN

dry
liquid

114

weight

DEER

?
+
22 8
MUD tt
i i ! il
m ni

*2\
105 Ca S-

HORSE
*2

105

Ca

HE-ASS
US

Ca

FOAL

106 a C- D -

106b C- D -

" T

Cn

*2I

C-U-

*75

C-U-

2 2

107 a C107b C- Me
*22

C-

Iti t
~r t

108 a C-

108b C-

*85

C-U-

u-

C-

109 a Ci o 9 b CC*2$

h
h

C-

r
>'

>

If Y

Y Y

HO

RAM

II7

EWE
SHEEP

I18
^

TA

SHEEP
k i n d of s h e e p

*72

G-

*74

S-

ff

15

s-

*6i

HE-GOAT
SHE-GOAT

120 E - F-

BOAR

121

F-

SOW

122

F-

SI

PIG +

KA

PIG
OX J

BULL

COW
0X +
OX

TALENT

|j

bunch?
pair

<

single
deficit

BY DRY MEASURE

GOAT

PIG

*30

F-

*6 5

F-

123 G- U n
SI

TT $
11 1
YJ 1

T A B L E

GT

OLIVES
OLIVES+A

K
Y Y
W i f irr

T

BARLEY

G*7o

WHEA

*f

OLIVES

TI

^/Gtf
FLOUR

CONDIMENT

Jf|

coriander

*3i

G-

sesame

*8i

G-

cumin

*3i

*9

G-

celery

145 L - O -

fennel

146 M-

*8o G-

14
V f
i l

124 G125 F126 F -

151 Mc
152 M-

fruit?

T Y
W *
&EM 1*1

150 Mc

month's ration?

128 G-

N-

sa fflower

nn
fe s S

131 Fs U-

ff
132 Un

A
T

agrim horn

OIL + A
WINE

Gg
*i3 Un

154 On

1
$

157 Un

158 Ld

CEI

'59 L-

unguent?

L-

?
LHONEY

honey?

GOLD

*44 Ma
*6i

Ma

*33 Np

*vr

CHEESE
?

i
0

HIS

K-

CLOTH

+ PA

CLOTH

CLOTH

il

TE
-\-Z0

CLOTHE

PU

CLOTHE

KU

uni

160 La
161 L-

KM*

162 Sc

M
1

beeswax ?

il
ti
hi

*53 Ma

a container

CLOTH

L
BRONZE

142 Me

bundle

L
amphora of honey

PT f

141 Kn

SHEEPSKIN

"^zS

156 Un

BY WEICHT
140 J-

OXHIDE

^>

153 Un

i. a

'35 Fs Gg

a textile ?

agrim goat ?

155 G-

OJL

7*

134 Un

^0<9

A. .

133 Un

OLIVE

BY LIQUID MEASURE
130 F-

linen

COUNTED IN UNITS

BlL WEIGHT OR IN UNITS

cyperus

C(

*34
<*
127 Un

?
Sc

beeswax ?

?
CORSLET

SAFFRON

a kind of cloth ?

TUNIC

-f (?

TUNIC

+ AY

TUNIC \

RI

il-

143 La

silver ?

163 Sh

TABLE

II

CORSLET

(set)

SQ

a k i n d of cloth ?

164

165

Se

166

Oa

&

167

Oa

t=3 t#3

168

Pp

169

Pa

170

INGOT
silver ingot ?

INGOT
adze ?

flu

183

184

5f

185

Ws

186

Wa

*<

187

Xa

cf. 130 ?

na

188

VESSELS
}

Ch

(see footnote

200-213

3)

5e

171

G Sn

172

T I

FURNITURE

beeswax ?

220

Ta

173 Mn U

m
r
t

seedling ?

230

^ / G 77?.

231

232

Ta

233

Ra

Gv

175

Gv

176

Gv

177

178

179

180

181

&

thong ?

182

FOOTSTOOL

WEAPONS

174

*
*

p I

OLIVE

TREE
?

SPEAR

>

ARROW

-x

SWORD

CHARIOTS

a
?

240

Sc

**4

241

Sd Se

4J_*v$

242 Sf Sg

JL

243 Sa So

6)

Sa
TABLE

III

WHEELED

CHARIOT

1 VHEEL-L ESS CHA RIO T

CHARIOT

FRAME

WHEEL
WHEEL

- f Ty?

NUMERICAL REFERENCE FOR THE MYCENAEAN

IDEOGRAMS
Dr. Bennett and I have now c o m e to a g r e e m e n t on a numerical
reference for the Mycenaean i d e o g r a m s , to m e e t t h e need discussed
b y Sterling D o w 1 and in m y Suggested code of practice 2 .
T h e p r o p o s e d s c h e m e is incorporated in T a b l e s I to III, copied
from t w o tables drawn for a forthcoming b o o k in collaboration
with J o h n Chadwick (for the i d e o g r a m s of vessels see that book, chapter i o , fig. i6). 3 It is of course only t h e reference numbering of t h e
i d e o g r a m s which we should like to see standardized: their meanings
and forms still require m u c h further discussion, and t h o s e e n t e r e d
h e r e only r e p r e s e n t our own analysis.
T h e i d e o g r a m s are divided into functional groups c o r r e s p o n d i n g
to t h e break-down in Bennett's Index, p p . 107-117; and these g r o u p s
have b e e n n u m b e r e d b e g i n n i n g l o o , I i o , I 2 0 etc., with s o m e provision of spare n u m b e r s for future additions.
It will b e seen that t h e phonetic signs used as ideograms are
not given separate n u m b e r s b u t references in Bennett's o r d e r of
t h e syllabary, as n u m b e r e d b y D o w and since generally a c c e p t e d .
MICHAEL V E N T R I S

London NW 3
IQ North End

1
2

Amer. Journal of Archaeol., LVIII (1954), 2, p. 88.

Bulletin of the Inst, of Class. Studies of the Univ. of London, No. i, 1954,

p. 6.
3

As to the types of vessels to which the pots numbers i;efer, please

note: 200 phiala as on PY Ta996 etc. 201 = tripos as on PY Ta64i etc. 202 =
dipas (?) as on PY Ta64i etc. 203 = qe-to as on PY Ta64i. 204 = qe-ra-na as
on PY Ta7i 1. 205 = a-te-we as on PY Ta996. 206 = ka-ti as on PY Ta996. 207
= ku-ru-su-pa3 as on KN K740. 208 = handled bowl as on KN 434, PY Ta996.
209 = amphiphoreus as on KN U060 a. 210 = ka-ra-re-we as on KN UC778.
211 = two-handled vessel as on KN K 873. 212 = u-do-ro as on KN Uci6o
a, PY Ta996. 213 = ipnos as on KN Uci6o a.