Linear A tablet ZA 4 RECTO (Zakros) is quite a mess, since so much of the text is damaged

Linear A tablet ZA 4 RECTO (Zakros) is quite a mess, since so much of the text is damaged:

Linear A tablet ZA 4a RECTO Zakros

As you can see for yourself, Linear A tablet ZA 4 RECTO (Zakros) is quite a mess, since so much of the text is damaged. I have attempted to restore some of the badly scratched syllabograms. These include tu and e on line 1, pi and se on line 2 & se on line 4 (which can also be read alternatively as the ideogram for olives/olive oil”). Many of my interpretations of syllabograms are at odds with those of Prof. John G. Younger, but this is nothing unusual, especially in instances where tablets are as badly damaged as is this one.

With the exception of situ, which obviously means wheat, I have made no effort to decipher this tablet, as it would be a fruitless endeavour given its poor state of preservation, and the uncertainty of the values of several syllabograms resulting from it.

3 responses to “Linear A tablet ZA 4 RECTO (Zakros) is quite a mess, since so much of the text is damaged”

  1. ritaroberts Avatar

    OMG! As you say Richard, what a mess. Well done for the translation.

    1. vallance22 Avatar

      Whew! I can see now that you too are now learning to read some of the text in Linear A tablets, at least the Mycenaean-derived text. See, it isn’t that hard!

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