# KN Zc 6

A Linear A document: inked inscription from Knossos.

- Site: Knossos
- Object: Inked inscription
- Period: MM III?
- Findspot: Knossos, upper MM III floor above the Basement of the Monolithic Pillars, with a large jar and other vessels (Evans, PoM I 587–588, 616)
- Edition: [GORILA IV](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_701>)
- In 3D: [KN Zc 6](<https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-kn-zc-6/index.md>)

## Text

1. \*34-TI-RI
2. [A-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DI/index.md>) DA-KI-TI-PA-KU NI-JA-NU
3. JU-KU-NA-PA-KU-NU-U-\[?\]-I-ZU

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: incomplete

My incense: until fine, flask. NI-JA-NU. JU-KU-NA-PA-KU-NU-U-[?]-I-ZU.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| \*34-TI-RI | qiṭrī | my incense | Probable |
| [A-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DI/index.md>) | ʿadi | until | Speculative |
| DA-KI-TI-PA-KU | daqqati paku | fine (powder), flask | Speculative |
| NI-JA-NU |  | NI dotted in one of GORILA's two transcriptions (IV 121). Not readable. |  |
| JU-KU-NA-PA-KU-NU-U-\[?\]-I-ZU |  | one group, its eighth sign lost. Not readable. |  |

## Commentary

Ink-written clay cup (HM 2630), pair of KN Zc 7, from an upper MM III floor above the Basement of the Monolithic Pillars, Knossos, the crypt of a sanctuary (Evans, PoM I 587–588, 613–616). Three circular registers read as a spiral from the bottom. Register .1 QI-TI-RI heads the text, register .2 gives the incense as ground fine (A-DI DA-KI-TI, Hebrew qəṭōret … daqqâ, Lev 16:12) and the flask (PA-KU). NI-JA-NU is unread. Register .3, one group with a sign lost, is unread. Word division follows Evans (PoM I 615 n. 1), who reports dividing marks before A, DA and NI; GORILA IV 121 prints only the last. Younger reads A-DI-DA-KI-TI-PA-KU as a muddled A-DI-KI-TE.

## Epigraphic note

Ink-written inscription inside a tall clay cup (HM 2630), pair of KN Zc 7, in three circular registers read as a spiral from the bottom. Word division: *34-TI-RI is its own register (GORILA IV 121), and Evans (PoM I 615 n. 1) reports dividing marks before signs 4, 6 and 11 (A, DA, NI); GORILA prints only the last. GORILA IV 121: line 2 · NI-JA-NU ·, NI dotted in the running transcription only; line 3 JU-KU-NA-PA-KU-NU-U-[·]-I-ZU, U dotted and one sign lost (SigLA and Younger agree).

## Lexicon entries

- [QI-TI-RI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QI-TI-RI/index.md>) (qiṭrī): my incense (ritual term). Probable.
- [PA-KU / PU-KO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-KU~20~2F~20PU-KO/index.md>) (pak / pukku): flask, vial (small libation/oil vessel). Candidate.
- [A-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DI/index.md>) (ʿadi): until, as far as (preposition). Speculative.
- [DA-KI-TI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-KI-TI/index.md>) (daqqati): fine (powder), ground fine. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/KN%20Zc%206/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- 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
- PoM I: Evans, Arthur J. (1921), The Palace of Minos: A Comparative Account of the Successive Stages of the Early Cretan Civilization as Illustrated by the Discoveries at Knossos. Volume I: The Neolithic and Early and Middle Minoan Ages. I,Macmillan and Co., Limited, London

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.