# A-JA (ḥayyā)

> 'the Living One', title of the Goddess (√ḥ-y-y)

A name in the Linear A onomasticon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: ḥayyā
- Type: God or goddess; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Sites: Petras, Syme
- Lexicon: [A-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-JA/index.md>)

## Commentary

Complete at PE Zc 4 and SY Za 2; MA 4b reads A-[?]-[?]-[?]-JA and is no witness. /ḥayyā/ '(the) Living One', √ḥ-y-y, A writing ḥ as Mari a-ia- beside ha-ia- (Weeden 2009, 96–100) (di Mino, Ya Diktu). Rivals: the god Haya; the goddess Aya; Davis's 'much'.

## Attestations

- [PE Zc 4](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/PEZc4/index.md>)
- [SY Za 2](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/SYZa2/index.md>)

## References

- Weeden, Mark (2009), The Akkadian Words for ‘Grain’ and the God Haya. Die Welt des Orients,39.1,77–107
- Ya Diktu: di Mino, Tom (2026), Ya Diktu: Grammar of the Minoan Peak Sanctuary Libation Formula. Minoan Mystery, online,46 pp.

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