# KO Za 1

A Linear A document: stone vessel from Kophinas.

- Site: Kophinas
- Object: Stone vessel
- Period: LM IB
- Edition: [GORILA IV](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_701>)
- In 3D: [KO Za 1](<https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-ko-za-1/index.md>)

## Text

1. [A-TA-I-\*301-WA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TA-I-*301-WA-JA/index.md>)
2. [TU-RU-SA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU-RU-SA/index.md>) [DU-\*314-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-*314-RE/index.md>) [I-DA-A](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-DA-A/index.md>)
3. [U-NA-KA-NA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA-KA-NA-SI/index.md>)
4. [I-PI-NA-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-PI-NA-MA/index.md>) [SI-RU-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-RU-TE/index.md>)

## Translation

- Tier: Probable
- Status: complete

I make myself a dwelling, O Tursa, Shield, in the sanctuary of Ida. So, behold my gathering in the presence of sacred song.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [A-TA-I-\*301-WA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TA-I-*301-WA-JA/index.md>) | ʾata-inawaya | I make myself a dwelling | Confirmed |
| [TU-RU-SA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU-RU-SA/index.md>) | Tursa | Shield, Protector; the name Tursha | Speculative |
| [DU-\*314-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-*314-RE/index.md>) | dubur | sanctuary, inner sanctum | Candidate |
| [I-DA-A](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-DA-A/index.md>) | ʾIda | of Ida; alternatively, toward Ida | Probable |
| [U-NA-KA-NA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA-KA-NA-SI/index.md>) | wannā kanāsī | So, behold my gathering! | Confirmed |
| [I-PI-NA-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-PI-NA-MA/index.md>) | ʾippina=ma | in the presence of | Probable |
| [SI-RU-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-RU-TE/index.md>) | šīrūt | sacred song | Probable |

## Commentary

TU-RU-SA occupies the formula's variable invocation slot and is therefore treated as a vocative addressee, not a dedicant. Preferred parse: DU-*314-RE is a word-specific variant of DU-PU₂-RE /dubur/ 'sanctuary' (PKZa15; HTZb160; Facchetti 1999, 132; Davis 2013, 44 n. 46; Thomas 2020, 8). I-DA-A is the diptotic genitive ʾIda, 'of Ida'; cf. Ugaritic /ḥāmiyātu ʾugarita/ 'the walls of Ugarit' (Huehnergard 2012, §IV.B.3, p. 40). U-NA is provisionally /wannā/, comparing Ugaritic w hn ~ wn and *wa-hanna/u; its exact vowels remain reconstructed. 'Toward Ida' remains an alternative.

## Epigraphic note

LM IB stone libation vessel from the Kophinas peak sanctuary. TU-RU-SA occupies the variable invocation slot after A-TA-I-*301-WA-JA, parallel to the invoked referents at Iouktas and Troullos; so it is read as a vocative addressee rather than a dedicant. DU-*314-RE I-DA-A is tentatively parsed as dubur ʾIda, 'the sanctuary of Ida.' U-NA-KA-NA-SI is read with the contracted presentative /wannā/, from *wa-hanna/u > Ugaritic wn; the exact vowels remain reconstructed.

## Lexicon entries

- [A-TA-I-\*301-WA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TA-I-*301-WA-JA/index.md>) (ʾatainawaya): I make myself a dwelling (1cs tG-stem middle-reflexive denominative of √NWY). Confirmed.
- [U-NA-KA-NA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA-KA-NA-SI/index.md>) (wannā kanāsī / winnā kanāsī): So, behold my gathering! (conjunction + presentative + G verbal noun kanāsī + 1cs -ī). Confirmed.
- [I-DA-A](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-DA-A/index.md>) (ʾIda): of Ida (diptotic genitive after DU-*314-RE); rival 'toward Ida'. Probable.
- [SI-RU-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-RU-TE/index.md>) (šīrūt): sacred song, hymnody (abstract in -ūt of √š-y-r "sing"). Probable.
- [I-PI-NA-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-PI-NA-MA/index.md>) (ʾippina=ma): in the presence of. Probable.
- [U-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA/index.md>) (wannā): and behold (contracted conjunction + h-n presentative). Probable.
- [DU-\*314-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-*314-RE/index.md>) (dubur): sanctuary, inner sanctum; proposed variant spelling of DU-PU₂-RE. Candidate.
- [TU-RU-SA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU-RU-SA/index.md>) (Tursa): Shield, Protector (invoked in formula position two); the name Tursha. Speculative.

## References

- Facchetti, Giulio M. (1999), Non-onomastic elements in Linear A. Kadmos,38,121–136
- Huehnergard, John (2012), An Introduction to Ugaritic. Hendrickson
- Thomas, Rose (2020), Some Reflections on Morphology in the Language of the Linear A Libation Formula. Kadmos,59,1–23
- Davis, Brent (2013), Syntax in Linear A: The Word-Order of the ‘Libation Formula’. Kadmos,52,35–52
- Lane: Lane, Edward William (1863), An Arabic-English Lexicon. Williams and Norgate, London
- Ya Diktu: di Mino, Tom (2026), Ya Diktu: Grammar of the Minoan Peak Sanctuary Libation Formula. Minoan Mystery, online,46 pp.

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