# SY Za 2

A Linear A document: stone vessel from Syme.

- Site: Syme
- Object: Stone vessel
- Period: LMI
- Edition: [GORILA V](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_377>)
- In 3D: [SY Za 2](<https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-sy-za-2/index.md>)

## Text

1. [A-TA-I-\*301-WA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TA-I-*301-WA-JA/index.md>) JA-SU-MA-TU-OLIV 1
2. U-NA-KA-NA-SI-OLE
3. [A-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-JA/index.md>)

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

I make myself a dwelling. O Šumāt! Olive, 1. So, behold my gathering: oil. [Haya?/the Living One?/Aya?]

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [A-TA-I-\*301-WA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TA-I-*301-WA-JA/index.md>) | ʾata-inawaya | I make myself a dwelling | Confirmed |
| JA-SU-MA-TU-OLIV | yā Šumāt | OLIV | O Šumāt! Olive (vocative + proper name + commodity ideogram) | Candidate |
| 1 | 1 | quantity: 1 | Confirmed |
| U-NA-KA-NA-SI-OLE | wannā kanāsī + OLE | so, behold my gathering + oil (ideogram) | Candidate |
| [A-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-JA/index.md>) | ḥayyā | possible divine name or liturgical predicate; untranslated | Candidate |

## Commentary

Context: Syme dialect libation formula with OLIV and OLE commodity ideograms. The sign immediately after SU-MA-TU is epigraphically disputed: GORILA V 64–65 and Davis read OLIV; Metaxa-Muhly 1984 and Finkelberg 1990 read RE. Final A-JA is complete, but its interpretation remains open: Haya, a √ḥ-y-y predicate or epithet, Aya, and Davis's "much" are rivals.

## Lexicon entries

- [A-TA-I-\*301-WA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TA-I-*301-WA-JA/index.md>) (ʾatainawaya): I make myself a dwelling (1cs tG-stem middle-reflexive denominative of √NWY). 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.
- [A-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-JA/index.md>) (ḥayyā): 'the Living One', title of the Goddess (√ḥ-y-y). Candidate.
- [JA-SU-MA-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SU-MA-TU/index.md>) (yā Šumāt): O Šumāt! (vocative yā + divine name, plural of *šum- 'name'). Candidate.

## References

- Metaxa-Muhly, Polymnia (1984), Linear A inscriptions from the Sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite at Kato Syme. Kadmos,23,124–135
- APNM: Huffmon, Herbert B. (1965), Amorite Personal Names in the Mari Texts: A Structural and Lexical Study. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore
- Finkelberg, Margalit (1990), Minoan Inscriptions on Libation Vessels. Minos,25,Universidad de Salamanca,43–85
- GORILA V: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1985), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 5: Addenda, corrigenda, concordances, index et planches des signes (GORILA V). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 5); Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris
- Weeden, Mark (2009), The Akkadian Words for ‘Grain’ and the God Haya. Die Welt des Orients,39.1,77–107

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