Nodule · Samothrace
SAM Wa 1
- Site
- Samothrace
- Object
- Nodule
- Period
- MMII
- Scribe
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- Findspot
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- Edition
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Text1 line
TranslationCandidate
In righteousness: offering of 10 ¹⁄₁₆ [units]
Word by word4 words
- JA-SA / SA-RAyasara(m)in righteousness (√y-š-r, libation formula without terminal -ME)Probable
- TEterûmācontribution, sacred offeringCandidate
- 10numeral
- ¹⁄₁₆fraction
Commentary
Context: Northernmost Linear A inscription—clay nodule with libation formula vocabulary
Clay nodule sealing a shipment of 10 ¹⁄₁₆ units of unnamed commodity. Syllable sequence JA-SA SA-RA reads as JA-SA-SA-RA, the libation formula (CONFIRMED) without terminal -ME mimation. The formula on an administrative nodule labels the sealed goods as ritually consecrated. Compare IOZa12 where the same formula splits across a line break as JA-SA / SA-RA-ME. Parsing JA-SA and SA-RA as separate words (yašar ‘upright’ + šarra ‘queen’) is less economical and breaks the cross-site pattern. Northernmost Linear A inscription—Minoan ritual-administrative vocabulary extending to Samothrace.