*310

Status: proposed. A proposed value.

Evidence: n 5/6 with 13 consonants tied; /ni/ and /in/ give one skeleton

Phonetic value

Forms cited for the value

• KI-*310-RE = kinnare "lyre" (Hebrew kinnōr כִּנּוֹר) on HT37—qty 1 matches single instrument
• QA-*310-I = qaynī "smith/cultic administrator" (√q-y-n)—4x at Haghia Triada as a recurring occupational or recipient label
• PI-*310-A = pīnā "face/portion" (√p-n-y) on ZA11a—same root as I-PI-NA-MA (ipinama)
• QA-NI (standard CV) never appears in corpus despite NI being freely used elsewhere—proves *310 ≠ /ni/

Note

VC (vowel-consonant) sign /in/, NOT a standard CV syllabogram. Structural parallel to AU=/aw/: both are VC signs that close syllables rather than open them. IN handles the coda /n/ in closed syllables: QA-IN-I = /qayn-ī/ (where IN provides the syllable-closing /n/ that standard NI cannot). The script has at least two VC signs (AU=/aw/, *310=/in/) alongside its CV core, reflecting adaptation for Semitic closed-syllable morphology. 10 occurrences across Haghia Triada, Knossos, Zakros. KI-IN-RE = kinnare is the anchor reading—the ancient lyre, cognate with Hebrew kinnōr.

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