Tablet · Petras

PE 6

Site
Petras
Object
Tablet
Period
MM III
Scribe
—
Findspot
—
Edition
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Linear ATransliteration
  1. 1I-NA-[?]-TETA-NA-MA-JE

TranslationSpeculative

I-NA-[?]-TE […] / Tanʿamay ('She is gracious').

Word by word2 words

  • I-NA-[?]-TEone word with a sign lost after NA. Not readable.
  • TA-NA-MA-JETanʿamaypersonal name, 'She is gracious'Speculative

Commentary

Context: MM III clay tablet, two lines: .1 I-NA-[?]-TE, one word with a sign lost after NA, above a ruling; .2 TA-NA-MA-JE alone below it (Younger; SigLA runs I-NA-TE). The earlier division I-NA 𐄁 TE 𐄁 TA-NA-MA-JE is superseded. Recorded twice in lineara.xyz, as PE 6 and as a ‘stone object’ PE Zg 6; the two drawings are one tablet. MM III date makes Tanʿamay an early attestation of the √n-ʿ-m name family (Ug. nʿmy, nʿmn; Heb. Naʿamah, Naʿaman, Noʿomī, Abinoam).

Linear A Lexicon