# PK Za 8

A Linear A document: stone vessel from Palaikastro.

- Site: Palaikastro
- Object: Stone vessel
- Edition: [GORILA IV](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_701>)
- In 3D: [PK Za 8](<https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-pk-za-8/index.md>)

## Text

1. \]NU [PA₃-E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83-E/index.md>) JA-DI-KI-TE-TE-\*307-PU₂-RE [TU-ME-I](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU-ME-I/index.md>)
2. [JA-SA\[](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SA/index.md>) [U-NA-KA-NA-SI\[](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA-KA-NA-SI/index.md>)
3. I-PI\[

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: incomplete

[…] In/at […]—O Diktaean of the Sanctuary—my wholeness, [in righteousness]. So, behold my gathering in the pres[ence of …]

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| \]NU | \[…\]nū | fragmentary ending; possibly indeed, verily | Candidate |
| [PA₃-E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83-E/index.md>) | bē | in, at … (possible preposition bē) | Candidate |
| JA-DI-KI-TE-TE-\*307-PU₂-RE | yā Diqqitīt dubur | O Diktaean of the Sanctuary | Probable |
| [TU-ME-I](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU-ME-I/index.md>) | tummī | my wholeness (noun *tumm- + 1cs -ī) | Candidate |
| [JA-SA\[…\]](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SA/index.md>) | yaššara\[m\] | [in] righteousness | Candidate |
| [U-NA-KA-NA-SI\[…\]](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA-KA-NA-SI/index.md>) | wannā kanāsī | so, behold my gathering | Probable |
| I-PI\[…\] | ʾippina\[=ma\] | in the pres[ence of …] | Candidate |

## Commentary

Context: Fragmentary Palaikastro libation formula with DUBUR logogram and phonetic complement. Diplomatic sequence: ]NU · PA₃-E · JA-DI-KI-TE-TE-*307-PU₂-RE · TU-ME-I / JA-SA[ … ] U-NA-KA-NA-SI[ … ] / I-PI[ … ]. Valério 2007 restores JA-SA-[SA-RA-ME] | U-NA-KA-NA-SI, two groups, not one continuous word. JA-SA-[SA-RA-ME] and I-PI-[NA-MA] remain formulaic restorations, not preserved text. The translation leaves the opening and closing damage visible. TU-ME-I is rendered 'my wholeness' to distinguish √t-m-m completeness from √y-š-r righteousness while retaining their ritual pairing.

## Epigraphic note

Fragmentary stone libation table from the Petsophas cave on the lower slope. GORILA IV 24–27; published diplomatic sequence: ]NU · PA₃-E · JA-DI-KI-TE-TE-*307-PU₂-RE · TU-ME-I / JA-SA[ … ] U-NA-KA-NA-SI[ … ] / I-PI[ … ]. Valério 2007 restores JA-SA-[SA-RA-ME] | U-NA-KA-NA-SI. The normalized readings of DI and TU-ME-I are epigraphically disputed; Younger regards only TU as secure in the latter group. On the GORILA drawing (IV 25) ME is partial and I survives as the tops of three prongs at the broken corner that ends face a, and no divider is preserved before JA-SA[ on face b.

## Lexicon entries

- [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.
- [DU-PU₂-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-PU~E2~82~82-RE/index.md>) (dubur): sanctuary, inner sanctum (dubur). Probable.
- [I-PI-NA-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-PI-NA-MA/index.md>) (ʾippina=ma): in the presence of. Probable.
- [U-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA/index.md>) (wannā): and behold (contracted conjunction + h-n presentative). Probable.
- [TU-ME-I](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU-ME-I/index.md>) (tummī): my wholeness, my completeness (noun *tumm- + 1cs -ī). Candidate.
- [PA₃-E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83-E/index.md>) (bē): in, at (preposition). Candidate.

## References

- Valério, Miguel (2007), "Diktaian Master": A Minoan Predecessor of Diktaian Zeus in Linear A?. Kadmos,46,3–14
- GORILA IV: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1982), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 4: Autres documents (GORILA IV). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 4); Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris

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