Metal object · Crete
CR Zf 1
- Site
- Crete
- Object
- Metal object
- Period
- —
- Scribe
- —
- Findspot
- —
- Edition
- GORILA IV
Text1 line
Linear ATransliteration
Translation
The Kinsman who comes forth, Creator of the Sea — island — Kaki-šenni — I make (this) ready.
Word by word5 words
- A-MA-WA-SIʿAmma-wāṣiʾthe Kinsman who comes forth (divine epithet)Candidate
- KA-NI-JA-MIqāniy-yammiCreator of the Sea (divine epithet)Speculative
- I-JAʾiyaislandCandidate
- QA-KI-SE-NU-TIKaki-šenni-tipersonal name (the dedicant)Speculative
- A-TA-DEʾaʿtid(u)I make (this) readySpeculative
Commentary
Context: Gold pin invoking El by two epithets (the Kinsman who comes forth, Creator of the Sea), then naming the island. Both A-MA-WA-SI (masculine participle) and KA-NI-JA-MI (masculine construct participle) are grammatically masculine, pointing to El rather than Athirat. QA-KI-SE-NU-TI names the dedicant, a Hurrian-type name in -šenni. Closes with a 1cs verb, ‘I make ready’.
Unprovenanced gold pin with shallow incision. Word 4 reads QA-KI-SE-NU-TI, KI as in GORILA IV 146–47 and the photograph. Word 5 is a 1cs prefix form of √ʿ-t-d.