# HT Zb 159

A Linear A document: clay vessel from Haghia Triada.

- Site: Haghia Triada
- Object: Clay vessel
- Period: LM IB
- Edition: [GORILA IV](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_701>)

## Text

1. A-NA-NU-SI-JA-SE\[

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: complete

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

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [A-NA-NU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-NA-NU/index.md>) | ʿanānu | personal name ʿAnānu (√ʿ-n-n) | Speculative |
| [SI-JA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-JA-SE/index.md>) | šī-yāṣē | adjectival 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.

## Lexicon entries

- [SI-JA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-JA-SE/index.md>) (šī-yāṣē): which goes out (disbursement marker)—relative particle šī + 3ms imperfect √y-ṣ-ʾ "to go out". Candidate.
- [A-NA-NU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-NA-NU/index.md>) (Ḥanānu): personal name Ḥanānu 'gracious'; rival ʿAnānu 'cloud'. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%20Zb%20159/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

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