Catalogue Entities Sign-group
Sign-group
ki-ro
A sequence of signs as the conventional transcription groups them — not a statement about words or language.
Signs as attested at HT117a · I.1
Scientific status
Enrica Patria proposes 1 proposal recorded, kept apart from the conventional reading.
In Enrica Patria’s reading
Enrica Patria proposes ki-roHT117a · I.1readingkhḗroi
Spelled khḗroi (Divinità p.3), khẽroi (Reading p.16); χῆρος “devoid, not having” (Sound and meaning p.8, on ki-ro in general).
Patria, Divinità minoiche, p. 3 (HT117a heading)Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it, p. 16 (HT117a heading)Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, p. 8
Proposed meanings
Proposed translation ki-roHT117a · I.1meaningindebted (debtors)
“all are indebted (ki-ro = khẽroi) of one offering each” (Reading p.16); “debitori” (Divinità p.3). In general ki-ro “stands for deficit” (Reading p.15; Sound and meaning p.8).
Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it, p. 16 (HT117a heading)Patria, Divinità minoiche, p. 3 (HT117a heading)Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it, p. 15Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, p. 8
Related records
Sources
Enrica Patria
Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it — p. 16 (HT117a heading); p. 15Patria, Divinità minoiche, 2024 — p. 3 (HT117a heading)
Enrica Patria Pugliese
Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, 2025 — p. 8
Information still to be completed
- Attestations are listed from the 2 sides on this site only; occurrences elsewhere in the Linear A corpus are not counted.