# IO Za 16

A Linear A document: square red-orange serpentine libation table (hm 5317) from Iouktas.

- Site: Iouktas
- Object: Square red-orange serpentine libation table (HM 5317)
- Period: MM III B–LM I
- Findspot: Iouktas peak sanctuary
- In 3D: [IO Za 16](<https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-io-za-16/index.md>)

## Text

1. \]\*123 [JA-SA-SA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SA-SA-RA/index.md>)
2. ME U-NA-RU-KA\[

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

[…] in righteousness. And behold, may […].

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| \]\*123 | unknown | final preserved sign of a lost word; not a standalone AROM logogram in this context |  |
| [JA-SA-SA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SA-SA-RA/index.md>) | yaššar- | first portion of yaššaram 'in righteousness' | Candidate |
| ME | -am | completion of yaššaram across a word-internal line break | Confirmed |
| U-NA-RU-KA\[ | wannā lū ka\[...\] | and behold, may [...]; comparison with related formulae permits, but does not restore, a gathering clause |  |

## Commentary

Fragmentary libation table from the Iouktas peak sanctuary, MM III B–LM I. Diplomatic text: ] *123 · JA-SA-SA-RA- / -ME · U-NA-RU-KA[. The opening *123 is the final sign of a lost word; Karetsou, Godart, and Olivier (2002–2003, 445 n. 26) reject a standalone logographic reading in this context. The line break within JA-SA-SA-RA-ME is not a divider. At the other edge, only U-NA-RU-KA is preserved. Comparison with PK Za 11 and the U-NA-(RU)-KA-NA-SI/TI family permits a gathering clause as a bracketed reconstruction, but the editors explicitly decline to choose the lost ending (pp. 446–47). RU may represent Akkadian-style lū introducing a positive injunction in a verbless clause (Huehnergard 1997 §22.2), but its value remains uncertain (Duhoux 1992, 69–70; Thomas 2020, 2–3).

## Epigraphic note

Fragmentary libation formula. Both the opening group and the final group are broken.

## Lexicon entries

- [U-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA/index.md>) (wannā): and behold (contracted conjunction + h-n presentative). Probable.
- [JA-SA-SA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SA-SA-RA/index.md>) (yaššar-): line-broken first portion of JA-SA-SA-RA-ME / yaššaram 'uprightly; in righteousness'; not independently attested as a bare lemma. Candidate.

## References

- Karetsou, Alexandra; Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (2002), Une nouvelle inscription en linéaire A du sanctuaire de sommet du mont Iouktas (IO Za 16). Minos,37–38 (2002–2003),437–447
- Thomas, Rose (2020), Some Reflections on Morphology in the Language of the Linear A Libation Formula. Kadmos,59,1–23
- Huehnergard, John (1997), A Grammar of Akkadian. Scholars Press (Harvard Semitic Studies 45)
- Duhoux, Yves (1992), Variations morphosyntaxiques dans les textes votifs linéaires A. Cretan Studies,3,65–88

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