# CR Zg 3

A Linear A document: amygdaloid stone seal from Crete (?).

- Site: Crete (?)
- Object: Amygdaloid stone seal

## Text

1. [VIN](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN/index.md>) ≈ [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) ≈ [VIN+RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN~2BRA/index.md>)

## Translation

- Status: complete

Wine (?) — figs (?) — RA-type wine (?).

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [VIN](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN/index.md>) | wayn | wine (?) | Probable |
| [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) | \*nikuleon | figs (?) | Confirmed |
| [VIN+RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN~2BRA/index.md>) | — | RA-qualified wine; exact variety unknown | Candidate |

## Commentary

Conditional sign identification on an amygdaloid seal whose classification as Linear A is disputed. RILA-S1 lists D 23 CR (?) Zg 3 as doubtful; Decorte (2018, 55) calls it possible but uncertain, and Civitillo (2024) includes it among the problematic Linear A seals and notes that no date has been proposed. If the signs are correctly identified, VIN and NI denote wine and figs. VIN+RA is independently attested as a distinct wine category, but raḥṣu ‘washed/filtered wine’ remains only an acrophonic candidate and is not translated here.

## Epigraphic note

Amygdaloid stone seal of unknown findspot and date. Its classification as a Linear A inscription is possible but uncertain; RILA-S1 lists it among the doubtful documents.

## Lexicon entries

- [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>): figs—commodity ideogram (FIC). Confirmed.
- [VIN+RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN~2BRA/index.md>) (raqḥ): spiced wine (Hebrew yayin hāreqaḥ); rival raḥṣu 'washed wine'. Candidate.

## References

- Civitillo, Matilde; Ferrara, Silvia; Meissner, Torsten (eds.) (2024), Cretan Hieroglyphic. Cambridge Classical Studies,Cambridge University Press
- Decorte, Roeland P.-J. E. (2018), The First 'European' Writing: Redefining the Archanes Script. Oxford Journal of Archaeology,37(4),341–372

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.