The Grouping of Place-Names in the Knossos Tablets

Abstract

The majority of the place-names mentioned in the Knossos tablets cannot be identified, and it is therefore impossible to locate them exactly. The purpose of this enquiry is to investigate the purely internal evidence provided by the tablets themselves for connections between these places, and to attempt an interpretation of this evidence in the light of those identifications which can confidently be made. The connections which can be established on the basis of internal