# KN Za 10

A Linear A document: stone vessel from Knossos.

- Site: Knossos
- Object: Stone vessel
- Period: LMIA
- Edition: [GORILA IV](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_701>)
- In 3D: [KN Za 10](<https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-kn-za-10/index.md>)

## Text

1. [\]TA-NU-MU-TI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-NU-MU-TI/index.md>) JA-SA-SA-RA-MA
2. NA DA-WA-\[?\]-DU-WA-TO [I-JA\[](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-JA/index.md>)

## Translation

- Status: complete

[…] May you indeed be gracious and upright …

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [\]TA-NU-MU-TI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-NU-MU-TI/index.md>) | ta-nʿum-u-tī | may you (f.) be gracious (if TA begins the word) | Candidate |
| [JA-SA-SA-RA-MA-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SA-SA-RA-MA-NA/index.md>) | yaššaram=na | in righteousness indeed | Candidate |
| DA-WA-\[?\]-DU-WA-TO |  | unread |  |
| [I-JA\[](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-JA/index.md>) | 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.

## Lexicon entries

- [I-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-JA/index.md>) (ʾiya): island. Candidate.
- [JA-SA-SA-RA-MA-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SA-SA-RA-MA-NA/index.md>) (yaššaram=na): in righteousness indeed; uprightly indeed. Candidate.
- [TA-NU-MU-TI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-NU-MU-TI/index.md>) (ta-nʿum-u-tī): may you (f.) be gracious, favourable. Candidate.

## References

- AS 21: Gelb, Ignace J. (1980), Computer-aided Analysis of Amorite. Assyriological Studies 21,The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
- Tropper, Josef (2000), Ugaritische Grammatik. Alter Orient und Altes Testament 273,Ugarit-Verlag
- Beeston, A.F.L., M.A. Ghul, W.W. Müller & J. Ryckmans (1982), Sabaic Dictionary (English-French-Arabic). Peeters / Librairie du Liban
- GORILA IV: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1982), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 4: Autres documents (GORILA IV). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 4); Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris

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