Linear A & B Grids
inaugural date: 27 November 2005; last
update: 10
February 2012
Comments,
corrections, questions: John Younger
(jyounger@ku.edu)
Linear A Grid
- Linear A signs given Linear B values, based on the
same word appearing in both scripts (Godart 1984):
- secure
syllabograms: DA, I, JA, KI, PA, PI, RO, RI, SU, TA, O
no question mark
- possible: TE (in SU-KI-RI-TE-I-JA), A,
KO one question mark
- Linear A signs
resembling Linear B signs but not attested in words in both scripts
two questions marks
Other Linear A words resembling Linear B words (see below)
| A-RA-NA-RE | a-ra-na-ro |
| A-SA-RA2 | a-sa-ra2 |
| DA-MI-NU | da-mi-ni-jo |
| A-KA-RU | a-ka-re-u |
| DI-DA-RO | di-da-ro |
| KA-SA-RU | ka-sa-ro |
| KI-DA-RO | ki-da-ro |
| KI-RI-TA2 | ki-ri-ta |
| KU-PA3-NA-TU
| ku-pa3-na-to |
| KU-RU-KU | ku-ru-ka |
| KU-ZU-NI | ku-zu-ni-jo/ja |
| PA-JA-RE | pa-ja-ro |
| PA-RA-NE | pa-ra-ne |
| QA-QA-RU | qa-qa-ro |
| TA-NA-TI | ]ta-na-ti |
| | A | E | I | O | U | Other |
| |  8? |  38?? |  28 |  61 |  10?? |  43?? AI,  306 A2?? [shape resembles AB 43, AI?],
 85 AU?? |
| D |  1 |  45?? |  7?? | |  51?? |  318
DI2?? |
| J |  57 |  46?? | | |  65?? | |
| K |  77?? |  44?? |  67 |  70? |  81?? |  304 KA2?? |
| M |  80?? |  13? |  73?? | |  23?? | ? 34
MNA or MvNA? |
| N |  6?? |  24?? |  30?? | |  55?? | 
48 NWA?? (attested on SY Za 4) |
| P |  3 | |  39 |  11?? |  50?? |  16
PA2?? (now: QA),
 314 PU3?? |
| Pn |  56??
(mPA3) | |  22??
(mPI2) | | 29??
(mPU2) | Duhoux 1984, Janda 1986,
Melena 1987 |
| Q | 16?? (originally PA2) |  78?? |  21?? | | | |
| R |  60 |  27?? |  53 |  2 |  26?? |  76 RA2?? |
| S |  31?? |  9?? |  41?? |  363
 364? |  58 |  348 SI2,
363 & 364
SO2,  82 SWA
|
| T |  59 |  4? |  37?? |  5?? |  69?? |  66 TA2 = TNA??,
 87 TWE |
| W |  54?? | |  40?? | | | |
| Z |  17?? |  74?? | |  20?? |  79?? | |
Syllabograms, unknown phonetic values
47, 
49, 
86, 
118, 
123, 
301
- Linear B signs not attested in Linear
A
- O-series:
14 do, 
36 jo, 
15 mo, 
52
no, 
32 qo, 
42
wo, 
90 dwo
- E-series:
72 pe, 
75 we
(possibly on KN Wc 23)
84, 
88, 
89
- rare signs used to write Minoan names in Linear B texts (Palaima 1988:
322):
18 ?, 
19?, 
63 IKRIA, 
64 swi, 
83 ?
- doublets & complex signs:
25
a2, 
33 ra3 (rai), 43
ai,
62 pte,
68
ro2 (rjo), 
71
dwe, 
twe,
91 two
- unknown value:
35 ?
Linear B Grid
| | A | E | I | O | U | Other |
| |  8 |  38 | 
28 | 
61 | 
10 |
a2 25 (= ha?), 43
ai,
 85 au |
| D |  1 |  45 | 
7 |
14 | 
51 | 71 dwe,
90 dwo |
| J | 
57 |  46 | |
36 |
 65 | |
| K | 
77 |  44 | 
67 |  70 | 
81 | |
| M |
 80 | 
13 | 
73 | 15 |
 23 |  34 (mna or mina; see Linear A
Homepage) |
| N | 
6 |  24 | 
30 |
52 |  55 | 48
nwa |
| P |  3 | 72 |  39 |  11 |  50 |  16
pa2 (now qa),  29
pu2 (phu?),
 22 pi2,  56 pa3, 62
pte |
| Q | 16 (originally pa2) |  78 |  21 | 32 | | |
| R |  60 |  27 |  53 |  2 |  26 |  76 ra2 (rja), 33
ra3 (rai), 68
ro2 (rjo) |
| S |  31 |  9 |  41 |  12 |  58 |  82 swa, 64 swi |
| T |  59 |  4 |  37 |  5 |  69 |  66
ta2, 87 twe,
91
two |
| W |  54 | 75 |  40 | 42 | | |
| Z |  17 |  74 | |  20 |  79 | |
Syllabograms, unknown phonetic values
- 18, 19,
35,
47, 
49, 63 IKRIA,
83, 
86, 84, 88, 89
AB Signs, 1-91
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
0 | | da | ro | pa | te | to | na | di | a | se |
1 | u | po | so | mu | do | mo | qa | za | ? | ? |
2 | zo | qi |
pi2 | mu | ne |
a2 | ru | re | i | pu2 |
3 | ni | sa | qo | ra3 | mna?
mina? | ? |
jo | ti |
e | pi |
4 | wi | si | wo | ai | ke | de | je | ? | nwa | ? |
5 | pu | du | no | ri | wa | nu | pa3 |
ja | su |
ta |
6 | ra | o | pte | ? | swi | ju |
ta2 | ki | ro2 |
tu |
7 | ko | dwe | pe | mi | ze | we | ra2 |
ka | qe |
zu |
8 | ma | ku | swa | ? |
? | au | ? | twe |
? | ? |
9 | dwo |
two | | | | | | | | |