# PH Zb 4

A Linear A inscription carved again in 3D: clay vessel from Phaistos.

- Object: Clay vessel
- Site: Phaistos
- Edition: GORILA IV

## Text

1. [SI-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-MA/index.md>) [I-JA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-JA-TE/index.md>)

## Proposed translation

Šima: of the island.

## Lexicon entries here

- [SI-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-MA/index.md>) (šima): name, renown, progeny (common noun in construct state; also attested as personal name Šima = Shem). Candidate.
- [I-JA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-JA-TE/index.md>) (ʾiyyate): island (genitive after SI-MA 'name of'; -i written with an E-series sign). Candidate.

## Remarks

A vessel label from Phaistos: SI-MA, a divider, I-JA-TE, two complete words. The record gives only a clay vessel; the stand-in is a carinated bowl with the label cut below the rim, and its shape and size are its own. 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-ph-zb-4/
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 50525edd.