- Reading
- mayya
- Confidence
- Candidate
- Root
- *maʾ-/*may- ‘water’
- Kind
- Ritual
- Language
- Semitic
- Rank
- —
Compared forms
- Ugariticmh/ymh/y ‘water’ (DULAT 529)
- Hebrewmayimmayim ‘water’ (HALOT 576)
- Akkadianmûmû ‘water; liquid’ (CAD M/2 149)
- Phoenician𐤌𐤌mmmm ‘water’ (Krahmalkov 292)
Attestations1 cited
- SY Za 5]MI-JA JA-WA-PA₃[
Commentary
SY Za 5, a stone libation vessel from the Syme peak sanctuary: ]MI-JA · JA-WA-PA₃[ (Muhly and Olivier 2008, 209). mayya ‘water’, the word on a vessel for pouring: Ug. mh/y ‘water’ (DULAT 529), Heb. mayim (HALOT 576), Akk. mû. Weak point: the rim breaks before MI, and traces of two or three signs stand ca 10 cm to the left (Muhly and Olivier 2008, 209). One attestation. See M'-Y3 and MA-I-MI.
On the 3D inscriptions
Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.