# THE Zb 2

A Linear A document: clay vessel from Thera.

- Site: Thera
- Object: Clay vessel
- Period: LMIA
- Edition: [GORILA IV](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_701>)
- In 3D: [THE Zb 2](<https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-the-zb-2/index.md>)

## Text

1. [A-RE-SA-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RE-SA-NA/index.md>)

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

ʾAriš-ān (The Requested One)

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [A-RE-SA-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RE-SA-NA/index.md>) | ʾAriš-ān | 'The Requested One'—votive birth-name, √ʾ-r-š 'to request, desire' + hypocoristic -ān | Candidate |

## Commentary

Single-word owner/dedicant inscription on clay vessel from Akrotiri. The pan-Semitic votive naming motif—a child asked of the deity (Akkadian Erišti-Aya, Hebrew Šāʾûl, Hannah's Samuel etymology 1 Sam 1:20)—in the ʾrš lexeme; Amorite ARIŠ-AN (Gelb no. 2190) and Safaitic ʾršn carry the identical formation. Companion to THEZb6 ʾatanāya: both Thera vessels carry devotional single words.

## Lexicon entries

- [A-RE-SA-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RE-SA-NA/index.md>) (ʾAriš-ān): 'The Requested One'—votive birth-name from √ʾ-r-š "to request, desire" + hypocoristic -ān; the child asked of the goddess, the name a receipt. Candidate.

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