lawagetas

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Lawagetas was a prominent Mycenaean leadership title, likely denoting a high-ranking military or noble official second only to the wanax (king).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mycenaean title
leadership title
military office
associatedWith Mycenaean palace administration
military leadership
nobility
attestedIn Linear B inscriptions
surface form: Knossos Linear B tablets

Pylos Linear B tablets
category Mycenaean civilization
surface form: Mycenaean bureaucracy

ancient Greek titles
military ranks
certainty partly reconstructed from administrative records
culture Mycenaean civilization
etymology from Greek elements meaning 'leader of the people' or 'leader of the host'
function elite noble office
high-ranking military official
governanceType palace-centered monarchy
languageOfAttestation Mycenaean Greek
positionInHierarchy above other officials
below wanax
rankRelativeToWanax second in rank
region Mycenaean civilization
surface form: Mycenaean Greece
scholarlyInterpretation often interpreted as 'leader of the people/army'
sphereOfInfluence military organization
palatial hierarchy
subordinateTo wanax
timePeriod Late Bronze Age
circa 14th–12th century BCE
usedInWritingSystem Linear B

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