Enkhelyawon

Enkheljāwōn ( in Linear B e - ke- ra2 -wo ) was an upstanding person, probably the king ( wanaks ), in the Mycenaean kingdom of Pylos at the time when the palace of Pylos shortly after 1200 BC. was destroyed.

Tradition

The name Enkheljāwōn met on Linear B clay tablets from the archives of the palace of Pylos in Messenia. They were written in the last months before the destruction of standing in full bloom palace, thus date from the early 12th century BC

Enkheljāwōn had planted two large estates, each with over a thousand vines and fig trees ( PY He 880). The scope of these two estates seems to have been greater than the royal estate ( wanakteros temenos ). He also had 40 rowers ( PY An 610 ), whereas the lāwāgetās, the second highest rank in the hierarchy pylischen, tion states 20 rowers. In a list of offerings for the god Poseidon ( myk. Poseidāhōn ) he is one of the four donors, where he had to contribute 384 liters of grain, 86.4 liters of wine, a bull, 10 cheese, a sheep fleece and 4.8 liters of honey, what inetwa half of the total set list ended offerings includes ( PY He 880).

Interpretation

The context and the fact that he is the richest person named in the pylischen thins with distance, suggest that he was the king ( wanaks ). Inter alia, held this view John Chadwick, Thomas G. Palaima and Stefan Hiller, while Pierre Carlier and others reject the identification.

Name

The Mycenaean spelling e - ke- ra2 -wo ( genitive: - where -no; dative -wo- ne ) was interpreted in earlier research as Ekhelāwōn and with the ancient Greek name Echelaos ( " protector of the (war) people" ) compared. Since the character ra2 but implies palatalization today rather Enkheljāwōn is read, although also other readings are possible. The name could not be satisfactorily interpreted language until now.