Clay vessel · Phaistos

PH Zb 4

Site: Phaistos
Object: Clay vessel
Period: —
Scribe: —
Findspot: —
Edition: GORILA IV

Text1 line

Linear ATransliteration

1SI-MA I-JA-TE

TranslationCandidate

Šima: ʾiyyate (island)

Word by word2 words

SI-MAŠimapersonal name ("Name/Renown/Progeny", = Shem; cf. Amorite Sumu-abum, Sumu-la-El)
I-JA-TEʾiyyateisland (feminine construct, √ʾ-y)

Commentary

Vessel label at Phaistos. SI-MA as PN Šima (= Shem) parallels Amorite šumu- onomastic element (CAD Š/III 281). I-JA-TE may be provenance ("of the island") or a second name/toponym.