Tablet · Zakros

ZA 10a

Site
Zakros
Object
Tablet
Period
LM IB
Scribe
ZA Scribe 4
Findspot
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Edition
GORILA III

Text5 lines

Linear ATransliteration
  1. 1TA-NA-TE2PA1A-KU-
  2. 2-MI-NA1A-TA-NA-TE1
  3. 3A-MI-DA-U1A-DU-
  4. 4-KU-MI-NA1DA-I-PI-
  5. 5-TA1DU-RE-ZA-SE2

Translationincomplete

Only word by word.

Word by word8 words

  • TA-NA-TETanātTanāt, a variant of Tinit, the goddess TNT; A-TA-NA-TE ʾAtanat is a separate entry on the same tablet.Candidate
  • PA—Logogram/abbreviation (unresolved)
  • A-KU-MI-NAʾakminaPN 'I shelter': 1cs ʾa- + √k-m-n 'hide, shelter' (HALOT 481); cf. Amorite Ia-ak-me-ni Yakmin- (Gelb 1980, no. 2909)Speculative
  • A-TA-NA-TEʾātanātuThe Giver (f.) — Athena etymology; √y-t-n 'to give' with y > ʾ weakening (feminine *yātanāt > ʾātanāt)Speculative
  • A-MI-DA-UʿAmmī-dāʿ(u)My kinsman knows (Amorite sentence name)Candidate
  • A-DU-KU-MI-NAʾAddu-kuminaPN 'Addu has sheltered': A-DU + √k-m-n 'hide, shelter' (HALOT 481; Amorite Ka-mi-nu-um, Gelb 1980, no. 3970), built like A-DU-NI-TA-NA 'Addu has given'; cf. Heb. Ṣəpanyāh 'Yahweh has hidden' (HALOT 1049)Speculative
  • DA-I-PI-TAṬayyibatPN 'Good (f.)': Amorite DA-BA-TUM Ṭaybatum, a woman (Gelb 1980, no. 1409); LB da-i-pi-ta (KN Bk 799). Rival: DA-I + PI-TASpeculative
  • DU-RE-ZA-SE—unread; ends in -SE, as on ZA 10b and ZA 20

Commentary

A roster of single words with numerals; PA 1 on line 1 stands in the logogram column, partly preserved (GORILA III 169). A-KU-MI-NA 1 and A-DU-KU-MI-NA 1 are names among names (A-MI-DA-U 1, DA-I-PI-TA 1), both from √k-m-n ‘hide, shelter’, not cumin allocations, since cumin is always measured (MY Ge 605 ku-mi-no Z 2).

Linear A Lexicon