Þe Stomach of Mycenæan Civilization

An early Greek document, from the ruins of the Bronze Age palace in Pylos, Greece

Scribes of Pylos (–1177): Feast Preparation Memo: ‘Thus will they fatten fatted pigs,
the community officials:

• Piswā, fatted pigs, 3

• Metapā, fatted pigs, 3

• Pethnos, fatted pigs, 6

• Sphagiānes, fatted pigs, 2

• Aphus, fatted pigs, 2

• Agrēwā, fatted pigs, 2

• Elatos, fatted pigs, 3

• Kharadroi, fatted pigs, 2

• Rhion, fatted pigs, 2

LINK: <https://englianos.wordpress.com/2018/08/30/linear-b-translated-py-cn-608/>

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Planning for a 25-pig feast, with contributions levied from nine districts