Linear B Vessel B207

It labels a thing counted, not a sound to read aloud.

Linear B ideograms marked goods in palace records. When B207 appears with a numeral, the number gives the quantity being tallied. References disagree on which vessel it shows: one calls it a “tripod amphora,” a three-legged jar, while a scholarly table calls it a “tripod kettle,” a cooking pot on three legs. “Vessel” is the safe reading.

The vessel label varies; the record-keeping role is clear

Linear B's earliest generally accepted records are the Knossos Room of the Chariot Tablets, dated around the end of the 15th or beginning of the 14th century BCE.

Linear B adapted Linear A, an older Cretan script, to write Mycenaean Greek. Palace officials used it to record goods, quantities, and transactions; ideograms such as B207 marked a kind of vessel beside its count. The later Cypriot syllabary is a related Aegean writing system used to write a Greek dialect on Cyprus. After Linear B stopped being used for everyday writing, B207 persisted in modern reference catalogs and fonts.