# SE-TO-I-JA (Ṣētiya)

> the Eastern (place), a central Cretan toponym; rivals the epithet 'she of the East' and a pre-Greek toponym Setoiya

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

- Reading: Ṣētiya
- Type: Place; confidence Probable. Fits the word’s contexts and has a close external comparison, without an independent control.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Probable. Fits the word’s contexts and has a close external comparison, without an independent control.
- Sites: Prassa
- Lexicon: [SE-TO-I-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SE-TO-I-JA/index.md>)

## Commentary

Ṣētiya 'the Eastern (one)', √y-ṣ-ʾ (PS *wVṣ̂Vʾ-): ṣēt 'the East' with the gentilic -iya; cf. SI-TE Ṣīt.

## Attestations

- [PR Za 1](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/PRZa1/index.md>)

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