Inked inscription · Petras

PE Zc 4

Site: Petras
Object: Inked inscription
Period: LMIB
Scribe: —
Findspot: —
Edition: —

Text1 line

Linear ATransliteration

1A-JA≈JA-SI

Translation

Living One!—Salvation!

Word by word2 words

A-JAḥayyā'the Living One', title of the Goddess (√ḥ-y-y)Candidate
JA-SIyašīʿSalvation (√y-š-ʿ)Candidate

Commentary

A-JA is complete at PE Zc 4 and SY Za 2; MA 4b reads A-[?]-[?]-[?]-JA and is not an independent attestation. Mari ha-ia-/a-ia- for West Semitic ḥaya ‘lives’ makes /ḥaya/ or /ḥayyā/ orthographically possible (Weeden 2009, 96–100), but Haya, Aya, and Davis’s structural reading remain rivals. The whole reading remains CANDIDATE.