# PA-SE-JA (Paššiya)

> Paššiya (personal name; Hurrian hypocoristic on pašš- 'send')

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

- Reading: Paššiya
- Type: Personal name; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Language: Hurrian; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Sites: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [PA-SE-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-SE-JA/index.md>)

## Commentary

Intact on the roundel pair HT Wc 3001–3002 (GORILA II 72); HT 93a .8 ]PA-SE-JA 20, broken before and PA dotted, ]PI-SE-JA also possible (GORILA I 147). PA-SE Pašše heads HT 18 and opens an entry of HT 27b. Nuzi Paššija, Pa-aš-ši-ia, hypocoristic for Paššip-tilla (NPN 112, 243), Hurrian pašš- 'send'.

## Attestations

- [HT 93a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT93a/index.md>)
- [HT Wc 3001](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HTWc3001/index.md>)
- [HT Wc 3002](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HTWc3002/index.md>)

## References

- NPN: Gelb, Ignace J.; Purves, Pierre M.; MacRae, Allan A. (1943), Nuzi Personal Names. Oriental Institute Publications 57, University of Chicago
- GORILA I: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1976), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 1: Tablettes éditées avant 1970 (GORILA I). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 1); Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris
- GORILA II: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1979), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 2: Nodules, scellés et rondelles édités avant 1970 (GORILA II). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 2); Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris

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