# PI-SA (Pīsa)

> personal name, '(a bird)', Akk. būṣu; rival an institution; a recipient

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

- Reading: Pīsa
- Type: Personal name; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Sites: Haghia Triada, Khania
- Lexicon: [PI-SA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-SA/index.md>)

## Commentary

Recipient or institution: HT123+124b PI-SA 4; KH6 .6 PI-SA[ at a line end, broken after (GORILA III 27), where SigLA reads CYP+D ½ next. Amorite Bu-ṣí, with PI for b and SA for ṣ. Rival: an institution receiving allocations.

## Attestations

- [HT 123+124b](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT123~2B124b/index.md>)
- [KH 6](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/KH6/index.md>)

## References

- GORILA III: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1976), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 3: Tablettes, nodules et rondelles édités en 1975 et 1976 (GORILA III). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 3); Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris

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