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 Knossos Linear B tablets ⓘ
Pylos Linear B tablets ⓘ
category 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 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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