# ZA Zb 3

A Linear A document: clay vessel from Zakros.

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

## Text

1. [VIN](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN/index.md>) 32
2. [DI-DI-KA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-DI-KA-SE/index.md>) [A-SA-MU-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SA-MU-NE/index.md>) [A-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SE/index.md>)
3. A-TA-I-\*301-DE-KA [A-RE-PI-RE-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RE-PI-RE-NA/index.md>) [TI-TI-KU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TI-TI-KU/index.md>)

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

Wine, 32. Djed-ka(.s) to Eshmun the Physician: he answered for you, O Healer of Jubilation. May it be poured out.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [VIN](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN/index.md>) | wine | wine | Probable |
| 32 | 32 | 32 (units) | Confirmed |
| [DI-DI-KA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-DI-KA-SE/index.md>) | Djed-ka(.s) | personal name, 'Her Ka endures' (Egyptian) | Speculative |
| [A-SA-MU-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SA-MU-NE/index.md>) | ʾAšmūn | the deity Eshmun | Probable |
| [A-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SE/index.md>) | ʾāsē | the Physician (title of Eshmun) | Candidate |
| A-TA-I-\*301-DE-KA | ʾata-iʿnay-dēka | who-answered-for-you | Probable |
| [A-RE-PI-RE-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RE-PI-RE-NA/index.md>) | ʾa-repiʾ-rennā | Healer of Jubilation (Eshmun epithet) | Speculative |
| [TI-TI-KU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TI-TI-KU/index.md>) | tittuk(u) | may it be poured (out) | Candidate |

## Commentary

Context: LMIB dedicatory inscription on a clay pithos. Contains libation formula in Zakros dialect (-DE-KA variant) + Egyptian theophoric personal name + libation verb.

Dedicatory inscription: commodity (VIN 32) + dedicant (Egyptian PN) + deity (Eshmun) + title (ʾāsē 'physician') + Zakros libation formula √ʿ-n-y + Eshmun epithet (compound √r-p-ʾ + √r-n-n) + closing TI-TI-KU 'may it be poured' (√n-t-k). The -DE-KA libation variant is unique to Zakros, establishing a 5th dialectal form. A-RE-PI-RE-NA is a compound divine epithet rather than a hapax PN, given its thematic convergence with Eshmun and the rpʾ/rnn liturgical dyad (Psalm 30:3-6).

## Lexicon entries

- [A-SA-MU-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SA-MU-NE/index.md>) (ʾAšmūn): Eshmun (healing deity). Probable.
- [TA-NA-I-\*301-U-TI-NU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-NA-I-*301-U-TI-NU/index.md>) (tan-ʿinā-u-tī-n(u)): may you (f.) answer us (N-stem of √ʿ-n-y in the TA-NA-[X]-U-TI-NU frame: 2fs prefix + indicative -u + subject clitic -tī + 1cp object -n). Probable.
- [A-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SE/index.md>) (ʾāsē): physician, healer. Candidate.
- [TI-TI-KU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TI-TI-KU/index.md>) (tittuk(u) / tittōk): outpouring, pouring-out—(header) disbursed; (libation) may it be poured. Candidate.
- [A-RE-PI-RE-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RE-PI-RE-NA/index.md>) (ʾa-repiʾ-rennā): Healer of Jubilation (Eshmun epithet). Speculative.
- [DI-DI-KA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-DI-KA-SE/index.md>) (Djed-ka(.s)): personal name, 'Her Ka endures' (Egyptian). Speculative.

## References

- KTU: Dietrich, Manfried; Loretz, Oswald; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2013), Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani und anderen Orten / The Cuneiform Alphabetic Texts from Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani and Other Places (KTU³). Ugarit-Verlag, Münster (Alter Orient und Altes Testament 360/1); ISBN 978-3-86835-014-2
- CAD A/2: Oriental Institute (A. Leo Oppenheim, ed.) (1968), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. A/2. 
- Woudhuizen, Fred C. (2016), Documents in Minoan, Luwian, Semitic, and Pelasgian. Dutch Archaeological and Historical Society, Amsterdam; Publications of the Henri Frankfort Foundation 14
- 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
- GlOS 1: Sanmartín, Joaquín (2019), A Glossary of Old Syrian, Volume 1: ʔ – ḳ. Languages of the Ancient Near East 8/1,Eisenbrauns (Pennsylvania State University Press), University Park

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