# PK Za 27

A Linear A document: stone vessel from Palaikastro.

- Site: Palaikastro
- Object: Stone vessel
- Period: Neopalatial
- Findspot: Petsophas peak sanctuary
- In 3D: [PK Za 27](<https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-pk-za-27/index.md>)

## Text

1. \[…\] [JA-SA-SA-RA-ME](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SA-SA-RA-ME/index.md>) Ụ-NA-KA-\[

## Translation

- Tier: Probable
- Status: complete

In righteousness—and behold, [my gathering].

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [JA-SA-SA-RA-ME](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SA-SA-RA-ME/index.md>) | yaššaram | in righteousness (adverbial accusative, √y-š-r) | Confirmed |
| [Ụ-NA-KA-\[NA-SI\]](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA-KA-NA-SI/index.md>) | wannā ka\[nāsī\] | and behold, [my gathering] | Probable |

## Commentary

The Neopalatial Petsophas fragment preserves complete JA-SA-SA-RA-ME after a divider, followed by Ụ-NA-KA-[ or possibly Ụ-NA-KA-ṆẠ[ before the break (Knappett, Del Freo, and Zurbach 2017, 73–80). It belongs to the same abbreviated formulaic pair as IO Za 9 but is not an independently complete duplicate. No preserved element means 'holy.'

## Epigraphic note

Neopalatial serpentine libation-table fragment from the Petsophas peak sanctuary. Knappett, Del Freo, and Zurbach 2017 publish ] · JA-SA-SA-RA-ME · Ụ-NA-KA-[, possibly Ụ-NA-KA-ṆẠ[. The first group is complete; the second breaks after KA, with a possible trace of NA. Initial U is palaeographically uncertain but preferred by the editors from its outline and formulaic context.

## Lexicon entries

- [JA-SA-SA-RA-ME](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SA-SA-RA-ME/index.md>) (yaššaram): in righteousness (adverbial accusative in -am of √y-š-r; also 'righteously'); rival: substantivized "the upright/proper [thing]" in an object slot. Polysemic layer: masculine divine name Yasharam (Akk. Mīšarum, Phoen. Misor). Confirmed.
- [U-NA-KA-NA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA-KA-NA-SI/index.md>) (wannā kanāsī / winnā kanāsī): So, behold my gathering! (conjunction + presentative + G verbal noun kanāsī + 1cs -ī). Confirmed.
- [U-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA/index.md>) (wannā): and behold (contracted conjunction + h-n presentative). Probable.

## References

- Knappett, Carl; Del Freo, Maurizio; Zurbach, Julien (2017), A Fragmentary Libation Table with Inscription in Linear A from Petsopha, Palaikastro (PK Za 27). Studi Micenei ed Egeo-Anatolici, Nuova Serie,3,73–82

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.