# SAM Wa 1

A Linear A inscription carved again in 3D: clay nodule from Samothrace.

- Object: Clay nodule
- Site: Samothrace
- Period: MM II

## Text

1. [JA-SA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SA/index.md>) [SA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RA/index.md>) [TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE/index.md>) 10 K

## Lexicon entries here

- [JA-SA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SA/index.md>) (yašar): righteous, upright (clipped form of yasaramu; may converge with *y-s "to heal" in onomastic contexts—cf. Greek ἰάομαι, Iāsōn, no secure IE etymology). Candidate.
- [SA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RA/index.md>) (šarra): queen, princess (feminine of šarru). Candidate.
- [TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE/index.md>) (terûmā): contribution, offering (terûmā), a transaction marker. Candidate.

## Remarks

The northernmost Linear A inscription, on a clay nodule from Samothrace in the north Aegean. JA-SA and SA-RA are written as two groups; together they spell JA-SA-SA-RA, the word of the libation formula without its ending -ME. TE, the number 10 and the fraction K (often taken as ¹⁄₁₆) follow. The stand-in has a seal impressed on the face opposite the text; its design is an unspecific motif, not the seal of the original, and the places of seal and text on the lump are approximate. 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-sam-wa-1/
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.
