Serpentine cylindrical jar; HM 2479 + HM 2480 · Apodoulou

AP Za 2

Site
Apodoulou
Object
Serpentine cylindrical jar; HM 2479 + HM 2480
Period
MM III–LM I
Scribe
—
Findspot
Villa at Apodoulou
Edition
GORILA IV

Text2 lines

Linear ATransliteration
  1. 1]NA-SII-PI-NA-MA[]-KU-PA₃-NA-TU-NA-TE-[
  2. 2]PI-MI-NA-TEI-NA-JA-RE-TA[]QA

TranslationSpeculativeincomplete

[…] presence/face […] ]-KU-PA₃-NA-TU-NA-TE-[ […] / […] by the portions; behold, she who reveres […] -QA.

Word by word6 words

  • ]NA-SInasīʾ[damaged; possible 'chief/prince']Speculative
  • I-PI-NA-MA[…]ʾippina=ma[…]presence/face […]Candidate
  • ]-KU-PA₃-NA-TU-NA-TE-[a form of KU-PA₃-NA-TU, its ending lost. Not readable.
  • […]PI-MI-NA-TEbi-minātiby the portions; rival 'by the recitation'Speculative
  • I-NA-JA-RE-TA[…]hinna yarēʾat-[…]behold, she who reveres […]Speculative
  • […]-QA[untranslated damaged ending]Speculative

Commentary

Fragmentary two-line inscription on two nonjoining pieces of one serpentine jar (HM 2479 + HM 2480). Every preserved sequence is edge-damaged. I-PI-NA-MA has substantial independent lexical support. The longer sequence, ]-KU-PA₃-NA-TU-NA-TE[ with a trace before KU (perhaps I), contains the independently attested Kupanatu base and additional morphology. The fragments do not permit reconstruction of a continuous sentence. Younger estimates six lost sign spaces in the first internal lacuna and three in the second; these are not readable signs.

Epigraphic note

Two-line inscription preserved on two nonjoining fragments of the same vessel. Line 2 ends I-NA-JA-RE-TA[ on HM 2479 and resumes ]QA · on HM 2480; no trace survives between them, so the loss is not measurable (Younger estimates three signs; GORILA IV 4–5).

Linear A Lexicon