# \*47

> Linear A syllabic *47, speculative: so.

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**Status: speculative.** A speculative value.

## Phonetic value

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Value | /so/ |
| Alternates | /mo/, /do/ |
| Linear B | B 47, value None |
| Linear B note | No accepted value; Linear B keeps \*47 apart from B 15 mo. |
| Neutralization class | none |

### Alternate values

| Value | Evidence |
| --- | --- |
| /mo/ | In \*47-KU-NA, mo gives the rival mōgun- 'regalement, gift', /m-g-n/ 'to wine and dine, regale' (DULAT 525) |
| /do/ | \*47-KU-NA Dagan (DULAT 265), the shape of DA-KU-NA (HT103) |

### Forms cited for the value

- \*47-KU-NA (ZA15a, heading of a wine issue) = sōkina 'prefect': Canaanite su₂-ki-na, glossed in EA 362 (ORACC aemw/amarna P270873); Ug. śkn 'prefect, governor; administrator' (DULAT 746); sākinu (CAD S 76); Heb. sōkēn (HALOT 755)

### Note

Speculative. Ten tokens; two stand alone on MA 1 (a, b) without a numeral. \*47-KU-NA, heading the ZA 15a wine issue, is sōkina 'prefect', with the vowels of the Canaanite gloss su₂-ki-na (EA 362) and the ō of the Canaanite shift. Linear A writes no other so; \*324 claims it only at Speculative 0.30. \*47-NU-RA-JA (HT 115a) is a person, Šū-nūraya 'He is light': so writes šū, as Ebla su-nu-ri₂ šū-nūrī (Pagan 1998, row 4282), with a vowel mismatch only. mo, from the AB15 gap, reads \*47-KU-NA as mōgun- 'regalement'; do reads it as Dagan. so also reads PA₃-SI-\*47 (MIL Zb 1) ba-si-so, basīsa 'meal worked with oil' (Lane 201). Linear B keeps \*47 apart from \*15 mo. HT 127a \*304+PA-DA-\*47-KU is unsegmented. Co-occurrence with MA, MI, ME and MU excludes those four values only.

## Lexicon words written with this sign

| Word | Proposed reading | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| \*47-KU-NA | sōkina | Speculative |
| \*47-NU-RA-JA | Šū-nūraya | Speculative |
| PA₃-SI-\*47 | basīsa | Candidate |
| QA-MI-\*47-NA-RA | qāmī šū-nāra | Speculative |

## Linked from

- [Syllabic signs](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/lexicon/signs/syllabic/index.md>)

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