Stone vessel · Prassa

PR Za 1

Site
Prassa
Object
Stone vessel
Period
LMIA
Scribe
—
Findspot
—
Edition
GORILA IV

Text3 lines

Linear ATransliteration
  1. 1TA-NA-SU-TE-KE
  2. 2SE-TO-I-JA
  3. 3A-SA-SA-RA-ME

TranslationCandidate

May [the offering] be drunk for you (O Goddess)—Ṣētiya, the Eastern one—in righteousness

Word by word3 words

  • TA-NA-SU-TE-KEtanašutē-kīmay [it] be drunk for you (f.)Candidate
  • SE-TO-I-JAṢētiyathe Eastern (one), of the EastProbable
  • A-SA-SA-RA-MEʾaššaramuprightly (variant of yaššaram, ʾa- for ya-)Confirmed

Commentary

Context: Peak sanctuary libation formula variant.

Formula structure parallels IOZa2 but with a unique verb form (TA-NA-SU-TE-KE instead of A-TA-I-*301-WA-JA) and ʾaššaram for yaššaram, as on IOZb10.

Epigraphic note

GORILA IV 48: .c A-SA-SA-RA-ME, RA in the normalized reading, drawn reversed (the A802 form) in the drawing and facsimile; .a TA-NA-SU-TE[ ]-KE, a damaged interval of unstated length between TE and KE, both dotted; .b TO and JA dotted.

Linear A Lexicon