Kafkania pebble

Kafkania pebble

The Kafkania pebble was found in Kafkania, some convert|7|km|mi|abbr=on|lk=off north of Olympia, in 1994. It bears a short inscription of eight syllabic signs in Linear B, possibly reading " _gm. a-so-na / qo-ro-qa / qa-jo". On the reverse side, there is a double axe symbol. The inscription is identified by some to be in the Mycenean language, though this identification remains disputed. " _gm. qo-ro-qa" has been suggested to be a personal name with the common /-ōkʷs/ (-ωπς) suffix. The inscription has been dated to ca. the 17th century BC from the archaeological context. This would make it the earliest written testimony on the Greek mainland, and the earliest document in Linear B.

Several specialists of Mycenaean epigraphy, however, have expressed serious doubts about the authenticity of the inscription, and it is quite possible that it is a modern forgery. [Hellemans (2004), p. 35.]

References

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*cite book |title=Étude phonétique et graphique du j (jod) en grec mycénien |last=Hellemans |first=Geert |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2004 |publisher=Ph.D. dissertation |location=Leuven |isbn= |pages= |url=http://hdl.handle.net/1979/33
*cite book |title=Kavkania: Die Ergebnisse der Ausgrabung von 1994 auf dem Hügel von Agrilitses |last=Arapojanni |first=Xeni |authorlink= |coauthors=Rambach, Jörg; Godart, Louis |year=2002 |publisher=von Zabern |location=Mainz |isbn=3805329342 |pages=

External links

* [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2005/2005-01-20.html Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.01.20 - Panos Valavanis, Games and Sanctuaries in Ancient Greece]


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