Tablet · Zakros

ZA 10b

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

Text7 lines

Linear ATransliteration
  1. 1WA-*3622DU-RE-ZA-SE
  2. 2*131B5U-*496MA-ZA
  3. 35MA-KI-DE-TE5SA-
  4. 4-MA5A-DE4A-MI-
  5. 5-TA3RA₂-RO-RE2PA-JA-RE
  6. 61KA-KU-NE-TE¹⁄₂TA
  7. 72DU1

Translationincomplete

WA-*362 2; DU-RE-ZA-SE *131B 5; mother(?) 6; [...] ʾAddē ('Father') 4; [...] Lallor ('Mourner') 2; Payare 1; Kakku-ʿAnēt ½; du 1

Word by word8 words

  • WA-*362unknown (heading?)Speculative
  • DU-RE-ZA-SEunread
  • U-*49ʾummimother; or capital; rival 'and palm/tree produce'Speculative
  • A-DEʾAddēFather (hypocoristic personal name, ʾAdday); rival the kin title ʾad 'father'Speculative
  • KA-KU-NE-TEKakku-ʿAnētWeapon of Anat (personal name); rival Neith as the second elementSpeculative
  • RA₂-RO-RELallorMourner (personal name, Akk. lallaru); rival Amorite Li-lu-riSpeculative
  • PA-JA-REPayareHe (of) Re: Egyptian personal name Pꜣ-Rꜥ (PNM v6)Probable
  • DUduthat, of (relative pronoun)Confirmed

Commentary

Context: Administrative tablet—commodity allocations with 10+ personal names

Large allocation tablet with 10+ names. KA-KU-NE-TE appears near PA-JA-RE (Egyptian theophoric), suggesting a mixed-origin name list. Partial translation—many names unresolved.

Linear A Lexicon