# PE Zc 4

A Linear A document: inked inscription from Petras.

- Site: Petras
- Object: Inked inscription
- Period: LMIB

## Text

1. [A-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-JA/index.md>) ≈ [JA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SI/index.md>)

## Translation

- Status: complete

Living One!—Salvation!

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [A-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-JA/index.md>) | ḥayyā | 'the Living One', title of the Goddess (√ḥ-y-y) | Candidate |
| [JA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SI/index.md>) | yašīʿ | Salvation (√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.

## Lexicon entries

- [A-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-JA/index.md>) (ḥayyā): 'the Living One', title of the Goddess (√ḥ-y-y). Candidate.
- [JA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SI/index.md>) (yašīʿ): Salvation—votive exclamation/dedication term. Candidate.

## References

- Weeden, Mark (2009), The Akkadian Words for ‘Grain’ and the God Haya. Die Welt des Orients,39.1,77–107

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