Clay vessel · Haghia Triada

HT Zb 159

Site
Haghia Triada
Object
Clay vessel
Period
LM IB
Scribe
—
Findspot
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Edition
GORILA IV

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Linear ATransliteration
  1. 1A-NA-NU-SI-JA-SE[

TranslationSpeculative

Of ʿAnānu (vessel label; alt.: ʿAnānu—which goes out)

Word by word2 words

  • A-NA-NUʿanānupersonal name ʿAnānu (√ʿ-n-n)Speculative
  • SI-JA-SEšī-yāṣēadjectival formation (vessel label): 'of ʿAnānu, ʿAnānu's-ware'; alt. šī-yāṣē 'which goes out'Candidate

Commentary

Context: Painted pithos label, LMIB. Single continuous sign sequence, no word dividers.

Pithos disbursement label. The -SI-JA-SE suffix recurs on KI-TA-NA-SI-JA-SE (PEZb3), establishing it as a productive administrative formula on commodity nouns.

Linear A Lexicon