Inked inscription · Poros Herakleiou

PO Zc 1

Site
Poros Herakleiou
Object
Inked inscription
Period
LMIIIA
Scribe
—
Findspot
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Edition
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Text1 line

Linear ATransliteration
  1. 1RI-QE-TI-A-SA-SA-RA-[·]

TranslationCandidate

The dance of the Upright One […].

Word by word2 words

  • RI-QE-TIriqitt-dance (√r-q-d); rival 'female dancer'Speculative
  • A-SA-SA-RA-[·]ʾašar(a)-[…]the Upright One: the √y-š-r formula base, its ending unreadCandidate

Commentary

Context: Harbor town of Knossos. Single inked sequence, terminal word-divider. RILA-S1 leaves the last sign unread.

A votive naming the dance of the goddess — epigraphic counterpart to Minoan ecstatic-dance iconography. RILA-S1 reads the sequence leftward.

Linear A Lexicon