# TL Za 1

A Linear A document: stone ladle (hm 1545) from Troullos.

- Site: Troullos
- Object: Stone ladle (HM 1545)
- Findspot: Troullos peak sanctuary
- Edition: [GORILA IV](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_701>)
- In 3D: [TL Za 1](<https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-tl-za-1/index.md>)

## Text

1. [A-TA-I-\*301-WA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TA-I-*301-WA-JA/index.md>) [O-SU-QA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/O-SU-QA-RE/index.md>)
2. [JA-SA-SA-RA-ME](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SA-SA-RA-ME/index.md>) [U-NA-KA-NA-SI\[…\]](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA-KA-NA-SI/index.md>)
3. \[…\]NA-MA [SI-RU\[…\]](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-RU/index.md>)

## Translation

- Tier: Probable
- Status: complete

I make myself a dwelling, O Sukar, in righteousness. So behold my gathering, [in the presence of sacred song].

## 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 |
| [O-SU-QA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/O-SU-QA-RE/index.md>) | ʾō Sukar | O Sukar! | Candidate |
| [JA-SA-SA-RA-ME](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SA-SA-RA-ME/index.md>) | yaššaram | in righteousness (adverbial accusative -am, √y-š-r) | Confirmed |
| [U-NA-KA-NA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA-KA-NA-SI/index.md>) | wannā kanāsī | So behold, my gathering | Confirmed |
| [\[I-PI-\]NA-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-PI-NA-MA/index.md>) | \[ʾippi\]na=ma | in the presence of | Probable |
| [SI-RU\[-TE\]](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-RU-TE/index.md>) | šīrū\[t\] | sacred song | Probable |

## 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.

## 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.
- [JA-SA-SA-RA-ME](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SA-SA-RA-ME/index.md>) (yaššaram): in righteousness (adverbial accusative in -am of √y-š-r; also 'righteously'); rival: substantivized "the upright/proper [thing]" in an object slot. Polysemic layer: masculine divine name Yasharam (Akk. Mīšarum, Phoen. Misor). 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.
- [SI-RU-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-RU-TE/index.md>) (šīrūt): sacred song, hymnody (abstract in -ūt of √š-y-r "sing"). Probable.
- [I-PI-NA-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-PI-NA-MA/index.md>) (ʾippina=ma): in the presence of. Probable.
- [U-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA/index.md>) (wannā): and behold (contracted conjunction + h-n presentative). Probable.
- [O-SU-QA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/O-SU-QA-RE/index.md>) (ʾō Sukar): O Sokar (Egyptian Skr), the deity addressed; rivals Ušḫara the Snake, ʾAšqur. Candidate.

## References

- LGz.: Leslau, Wolf (1987), Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz
- GORILA IV: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1982), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 4: Autres documents (GORILA IV). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 4); Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris

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