Re: First iron swords on mass scale

Piotr wrote

> There were quite extensive contacts between early Anatolian
> Greeks and Hittites and (especially) Luwians. Words and
> technology may be borrowed separately, so Anatolian
> ironworking could influence Greek metallurgy even if the
> word for 'iron' came from a different source.
>
> I'm sure the Greeks were also influenced by Scythian
> metallurgy; they certainly imported Scythian iron (Skuthe:s
> side:ros).
>
> Iranians and Cimmerians (who learnt iron metallurgy from the
> peoples of the Caucasus) also played an important role as
> intermediaries who contributed to the introduction of iron
> to Central Europe (not only in the form of arrowheads).
> Early Celtic iron manufacturers certainly assimilated a good
> deal of steppe influence.
>
> As for Phrygian, the corpus of is so meagre that I doubt if
> the word 'iron' occurs there at all.

Does anyone know if there is a word for iron in the Linear B corpus?

Regards

John