# A-TA-NA-JE (ʾatanāya)

> My Giver / My Athena—1cs possessive on divine epithet (√y-t-n 'to give' + -ya 'my')

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

- Reading: ʾatanāya
- 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: Thera
- Lexicon: [A-TA-NA-JE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TA-NA-JE/index.md>)

## Commentary

THE Zb 6, the only word on a Theran clay vessel: a votive dedication. -JE writes the 1cs possessive -ya, as in PU₂-RE-JA burē(t)yā 'my Creatress', on the A-TA-NA paradigm with feminine A-TA-NA-TE at Zakros: ʾatanāya 'My Giver'.

## Attestations

- [THE Zb 6](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/THEZb6/index.md>)

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