Stone ladle (HM 1545) · Troullos
TL Za 1
- Site
- Troullos
- Object
- Stone ladle (HM 1545)
- Period
- —
- Scribe
- —
- Findspot
- Troullos peak sanctuary
- Edition
- GORILA IV
Text3 lines
TranslationProbable
I make myself a dwelling, O Sukar, in righteousness. So behold my gathering, [in the presence of sacred song].
Word by word6 words
- A-TA-I-*301-WA-JAʾata-inawayaI make myself a dwellingConfirmed
- O-SU-QA-REʾō SukarO Sukar!Candidate
- JA-SA-SA-RA-MEyaššaramin righteousness (adverbial accusative -am, √y-š-r)Confirmed
- U-NA-KA-NA-SIwannā kanāsīSo behold, my gatheringConfirmed
- [I-PI-]NA-MA[ʾippi]na=main the presence ofProbable
- SI-RU[-TE]šīrū[t]sacred songProbable
Commentary
Context: Troullos peak-sanctuary libation formula on stone ladle HM 1545. The first four groups through U-NA-KA-NA-SI are preserved. Only NA-MA and SI-RU survive after the damaged interval; I-PI and final TE are formulaic restorations. O-SU-QA-RE is provisionally parsed as vocative ʾō + Sukar, with final E as the dead spelling vowel after /r/. Geʿez ʾo- supplies a later structural parallel for the vocative (Leslau 1987, 1), not proof of the Bronze Age form; the Egyptian Sokar identification remains CANDIDATE.
Epigraphic note
Troullos peak sanctuary; damaged libation-formula inscription. GORILA IV, 58–59: three stretches round the rim, a A-TA-I-*301-WA-JA · O-SU-QA-RE ·, b JA-SA-SA-RA-ME U-NA-KA-NA-SI[ with no divider after ME, c ]-NA-MA SI-RU[. The second NA and SI of b and RU of c are dotted; ME is dotted in one of GORILA’s two copies.