Linear B tablets – Aspects of Beauty

From the Mycenaean palace at Pylos. 13th c. BC.
(ΕΑΜ/NAM Π 23460/ PY Un 249)

The perfume maker of the goddess Potnia, Philaios, receives quantities of the aromatic herb cyperus, of the precious iris (?) and other raw materials for the production of perfumed oils and unguents.