Stone vessel · Knossos

KN Za 10

Site
Knossos
Object
Stone vessel
Period
LMIA
Scribe
—
Findspot
—
Edition
GORILA IV

Text2 lines

Linear ATransliteration
  1. 1]TA-NU-MU-TIJA-SA-SA-RA-MA
  2. 2NADA-WA-[?]-DU-WA-TOI-JA[

Translation

[…] May you indeed be gracious and upright …

Word by word4 words

  • ]TA-NU-MU-TIta-nʿum-u-tīmay you (f.) be gracious (if TA begins the word)Candidate
  • JA-SA-SA-RA-MA-NAyaššaram=nain righteousness indeedCandidate
  • DA-WA-[?]-DU-WA-TOunread
  • I-JA[ʾiyā[…][damaged fragment]Speculative

Commentary

GORILA IV, 8–9 gives ]TA-NU-MU-TI · JA-SA-SA-RA-MA / NA · DA-WA-[·]-ḌU-WA-ṬO · I-JA[. No divider separates MA from NA, so JA-SA-SA-RA-MA-NA is one graphic word across the side break. If the initial TA begins a word, the proposed strict rendering is ‘may you be gracious—in righteousness indeed’; the smoother translation below renders the adverbial phrase as coordinated English. The lexical controls are √n-ʿ-m ‘be gracious/favourable’ and Amorite /yašaram/ ‘in righteousness’; the 2fs -tī and emphatic =na remain analogical proposals. The two final groups are damaged and left untranslated.

Linear A Lexicon