Linear B syllable O

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What does 𐀃 mean?

It writes the vowel-only syllable o in Linear B.

In spelling Mycenaean Greek, 𐀃 represents the vowel o as a full syllable. In some administrative records, it also stands for the opening of 𐀃𐀟𐀫, a word often glossed “deficit”; only the surrounding tablet can confirm that whole-word reading.

How are Linear B and Linear A connected?

Linear B grew from Linear A and was adapted to write Greek.

Linear A is attested on Crete and across the Aegean from the 18th–14th centuries BC; Linear B appears in the 15th–13th centuries BC. Linear A recorded an undeciphered language, while Linear B was adapted for Mycenaean Greek and palace administration. Its records track goods and people, including military organization. The related Cypriot syllabary recorded a different Greek dialect with its own conventions.