Metal object · Knossos
KN Zf 13
- Site
- Knossos
- Object
- Metal object
- Period
- MM III-LM IA
- Scribe
- —
- Findspot
- —
- Edition
- GORILA IV
Text1 line
Linear ATransliteration
TranslationSpeculativeincomplete
[A-RE-NE-SI-DI-*301-PI-KE-PA-JA-TA-RI-SE-TE-RI-MU] ʾAyaku?
Word by word2 words
- A-RE-NE-SI-DI-*301-PI-KE-PA-JA-TA-RI-SE-TE-RI-MUunread
- A-JA-KUʾAyakupersonal name ('Where are you?')Speculative
Commentary
Gold ring HM 530: 19 signs in a spiral from the outer band inward, no dividers; RI (12, 15), MU (16) and KU (19) underdotted (GORILA IV 152–153). The segmentation is not marked. It ends at the centre with A-JA-KU, ʾAyaku?
Epigraphic note
GORILA IV 152–153 (gold ring HM 530): a spiral read from the outer band inward, with no dividers. The normalized line underdots RI (signs 12, 15), MU (16) and KU (19). SigLA reads ku without comment.