# PH 6

A Linear A document: tablet from Phaistos.

- Site: Phaistos
- Object: Tablet
- Period: MM IIB
- Edition: [GORILA I](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_698>)
- In 3D: [PH 6](<https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-ph-6/index.md>)

## Text

1. [I-NA-WA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-NA-WA/index.md>) [A-RI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RI/index.md>)
2. [I-ZU-RI-NI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-ZU-RI-NI-TA/index.md>)
3. [A-RI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RI/index.md>)
4. [I-DA-PA₃-I-SA-RI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-DA-PA~E2~82~83-I-SA-RI/index.md>)

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

The dwelling of the Mount of She-of-the-Bull—of Mount Ida—in righteousness.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [I-NA-WA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-NA-WA/index.md>) | ʾi-nawā | the dwelling, abode (nominal core of the libation formula verb ʾata-i-nawa-ya; heading, set off by 𐄁) | Candidate |
| [A-RI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RI/index.md>) | harrī | mountain of (construct genitive; PS *har(r)-, h- carried by plain vowel sign) | Candidate |
| [I-ZU-RI-NI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-ZU-RI-NI-TA/index.md>) | ṯawrīnīta | She-of-the-Bull (feminine divine name; sister form A-RI-NI-TA 'She-of-the-Lion', HT25a/ZA8) | Candidate |
| [A-RI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RI/index.md>) | harrī | mountain of (repeated frame) | Candidate |
| [I-DA-PA₃-I-SA-RI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-DA-PA~E2~82~83-I-SA-RI/index.md>) | ʾIdā bi-ʾišarī | Ida, in righteousness (toponym + b= prepositional phrase written as one word) | Candidate |

## Commentary

Context: MM IIB clay tablet (3 × 5.4 cm) from the Phaistos palace—among the oldest Linear A tablets, and the only numeral-free multi-word syllabic text in the untranslated residue. A proto-libation-formula dedication: both thematic roots of the LM I peak-sanctuary formula (√n-w-y 'dwelling', √y-š-r 'righteousness') appear here roughly three centuries before the stone vessels. The heading spells nawā phonetically with plain NA, predating the *301 rebus convention (*301 = /na/ derives from this root). Kamares cave sanctuary, on Ida's south face overlooking Phaistos, peaks in use MM IB–IIB—the tablet's own generation.

A-RI is read harrī 'mountain of', over ʿalē 'upon, for' (the house dative is la-, and the A-RA/A-RI/A-RU case triple argues nominal inflection) and ʾarī 'lion' (circular with the A-RI-NI-TA derivation). Alternate rendering under ʿalē: 'A dwelling—for She-of-the-Bull, for Ida—in righteousness.' Open caveat: ṯawrīnīt-a keeps -TA where the construct chain expects genitive -TI; the gentilic family shows both surface forms (-TA HT25a/ZA8, -TI KHWc2005 kanaʿanītī), so divine names may stand diptotic/frozen. No word parses as a verb: the text is a nominal dedication throughout.

## Epigraphic note

GORILA I 293: .1 I-NA-WA · A-RI, one line; .3 A-RI.

## Lexicon entries

- [I-DA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-DA/index.md>) (ʾIda): Ida, 'the Hand' (sacred mountain—toponym/theonym). Probable.
- [PA₃](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83/index.md>) (bi=): in, with, by (proclitic b-); rival on HT 103 bād(i) 'in the charge of'. Candidate.
- [A-RI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RI/index.md>) (harrī): mountain of (construct state before divine names). Candidate.
- [I-DA-PA₃-I-SA-RI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-DA-PA~E2~82~83-I-SA-RI/index.md>) (ʾIdā bi-ʾišarī): Ida, in righteousness (toponym + prepositional phrase written as one word). Candidate.
- [I-NA-WA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-NA-WA/index.md>) (ʾi-nawā): the dwelling, abode (sanctuary as divine habitation). Candidate.
- [I-SA-RI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-SA-RI/index.md>) (ʾišarī): uprightness, righteousness (genitive after the b= proclitic). Candidate.
- [I-ZU-RI-NI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-ZU-RI-NI-TA/index.md>) (ʾi-ṯawrīnīta): She-of-the-Bull (feminine personal/divine name). Candidate.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/PH%206/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- GORILA I: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1976), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 1: Tablettes éditées avant 1970 (GORILA I). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 1); Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris

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