# THE Zb 2

A Linear A inscription carved again in 3D: clay jar from Thera.

- Object: Clay jar
- Site: Thera
- Period: LM IA
- Edition: GORILA IV

## Text

1. [A-RE-SA-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RE-SA-NA/index.md>)

## Proposed translation

ʾAriš-ān (The Requested One)

## Lexicon entries here

- [A-RE-SA-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RE-SA-NA/index.md>) (ʾAriš-ān): 'The Requested One'—votive birth-name from √ʾ-r-š "to request, desire" + hypocoristic -ān; the child asked of the goddess, the name a receipt. Candidate.

## Remarks

A clay vessel from Akrotiri on Thera, buried in the eruption, with one word cut on it: A-RE-SA-NA, an owner's or dedicant's name. The record gives only a clay vessel; the stand-in is a narrow-necked jar with the name on its shoulder, 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-the-zb-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.
