AR Zf 1
idamate
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- speculativecompared with Mount Ida and with Demeter; unproven— conventional
What this rests on
Written on two votive double axes from the Arkalochori cave (AR Zf 1, AR Zf 2). The comparisons rest on sound resemblance alone.
- speculativeIda-Mate, a pre-Mycenaean form connected with Demeter— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed
What this rests on
On IO Za 2 only I-DA[...] survives before the break, so the full form is a restoration. The complete sequence is attested on the Arkalochori axes AR Zf 1 and AR Zf 2. The Demeter comparison predates this paper by decades.
Proposed on IO Za 2.
- speculativecompared with Mount Ida and with Demeter; unproven— conventional