DI-PA-JA
dipas, a large handled vessel (Linear B di-pa)
- Reading
- dipaya
- Confidence
- Candidate
- Root
- —
- Kind
- Vessel
- Language
- Aegean · Aegean substrate
- Rank
- —
Compared forms
- Linear Bdi-pa, dual di-pa-e, a neuter noun counted with *202VAS and *214VAS: KN K 740 (bronze), K 875, PY Ta 641 (DMic I s.v. di-pa)
- Greekδέπας, Homeric, borrowed from a Mediterranean language, as Mycenaean dipa confirms (Chantraine 1968, s.v. δέπας)
- Arabicdabbatdabbat ‘vessel for oil’ (PS *dabb-; Lane 841), the rival
Attestations1 cited
- PH 7aDI-PA-JA […]dipas, a large handled vessel
Commentary
PH 7a .1 DI-PA-JA, line-initial at the original left edge and whole; a short stroke stands apart after JA where the surface breaks (GORILA I 295, note .1). Linear B writes the vessel di-pa, given four handles, three or none on PY Ta 641 (qe-to-ro-we, ti-ri-jo-we, a-no-we): a vessel of some size rather than a cup (DMic I s.v. di-pa). Homeric δέπας keeps the word, borrowed from a Mediterranean language (Chantraine 1968, s.v. δέπας). DI-PA-JA writes the stem with -JA. Rival: Arabic dabbat ‘vessel for oil’ (PS *dabb-). One attestation.
On the 3D inscriptions
Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.