# AP Za 2

A Linear A inscription carved again in 3D: serpentine cylindrical jar from Apodoulou.

- Object: Serpentine cylindrical jar
- Site: Apodoulou
- Period: MM III–LM I
- Edition: GORILA IV, 4–5
- Original: Heraklion Archaeological Museum (HM 2479 + HM 2480)

## Text

1. […-NA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA-KA-NA-SI/index.md>) I-PI-NA-MA-… …-KU-PA₃-NA-TU-NA-TE-…
2. …-PI-MI-NA-TE I-NA-JA-RE-TA-… …-QA

## Proposed translation

[…] presence/face […] ]-KU-PA₃-NA-TU-NA-TE-[ […] / […] by the portions; behold, she who reveres […] -QA.

## Lexicon entries here

- [U-NA-KA-NA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA-KA-NA-SI/index.md>) (wannā kanāsī / winnā kanāsī): So, behold my gathering! (conjunction + presentative + G verbal noun kanāsī + 1cs -ī). Confirmed.
- [U-MI-NA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-MI-NA-SI/index.md>) (Ummī-naśiʾ): My mother is chief/exalted (sentence name). Candidate.
- [E-NA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/E-NA-SI/index.md>) (ʾenāš): men, people (section heading); rival copper, bronze. Candidate.
- [U-NA-RU-KA-NA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA-RU-KA-NA-SI/index.md>) (wannā lū kanāsī): and behold, may my gathering [take place] (proposed precative lū). Candidate.
- [DA-NA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-NA-SI/index.md>) (Ḏā-Naśiʾ): He of Naśiʾ (personal name heading HT 126a). Speculative.

## Remarks

Two lines round a serpentine jar from the villa at Apodoulou, on two fragments that do not join. Line 1 breaks off after I-PI-NA-MA and resumes at ]-KU-PA₃-NA-TU-NA-TE-[; line 2 breaks off after I-NA-JA-RE-TA on HM 2479 and resumes at ]QA on HM 2480. No trace survives in the gaps, so the losses are not measurable; the stand-in leaves room for the six and three signs Younger estimates. Every preserved sequence is broken at its edges. The stand-in shows the whole jar, its surface flaked away over the lost signs. Generated stand-in, not a scan: the shape follows the published description, the sign layout is approximate.

## 3D model

Created at Plasma AI. Template model generated in the browser; texts after the project dossier and GORILA. Glyphs: Noto Sans Linear A (OFL), re-cut stroke by stroke.

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Page: https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-ap-za-2/
Licence: CC BY 4.0 for the translations and commentary; the corpus keeps its sources’ terms, SigLA’s records CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.