# PH Wc 39

A Linear A document: roundel from Phaistos.

- Site: Phaistos
- Object: Roundel
- Period: MMII
- Edition: [GORILA II](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_699>)

## Text

1. [JA-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-DI/index.md>) [RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RO/index.md>)

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: complete

Yadi // first quality.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [JA-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-DI/index.md>) | Yadi | personal name, 'Hand' | Speculative |
| [RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RO/index.md>) | rōš | principal, first quality (grade marker) | Probable |

## Commentary

An MM II roundel from Vano LI: face a JA-DI, face b RO (GORILA II 94).

## Lexicon entries

- [RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RO/index.md>) (rōš): principal, primary, capital (quality/grade marker on sealed goods and commodity allocations). Probable.
- [JA-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-DI/index.md>) (Yadi): Hand (personal name); rivals Yadīn 'he judges', Yadiʿ 'he knows'. Speculative.

## References

- GORILA II: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1979), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 2: Nodules, scellés et rondelles édités avant 1970 (GORILA II). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 2); Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris

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