IO Za 2

Meaning and attestation

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Word divisions as the source gives them.

1. ▸𐘇𐘳𐘚𐙕𐘮𐘱a-ta-i-*301-wa-ja11 texts · 5 sites · word page
   • ▰▰▰▰establishedopening element of the libation formula; meaning unknown— conventional
     What this rests on

     Stands first on stone libation vessels from several peak and cave sanctuaries (Iouktas, Syme, Palaikastro, Troullos, Kophinas). The claim is about its position, not its meaning. *301 has no agreed sound value.

   • ▱▱▱▱speculativegives— Salgarella 2025
     What this rests on

     Main verb of the libation formula (Table 6, p. 46). The first three elements -- verb, dedicant, object -- occur in every version of the formula.

     Role: main verb.

     Proposed on IO Za 2.

   • ▱▱▱▱speculativeFather of the Bull-Contest— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed
     What this rests on

     Reads sign *301 as JO. *301 has no agreed sound value.

     Proposed on IO Za 2.

2. ▸𐘱𐘆𐘸𐘹ja-di-ki-tuonly here · word page
   • ▰▰▰▱widely acceptedDikte (place name)— conventional
     What this rests on

     Follows the opening element of the formula, and resembles Greek Δίκτη, the Cretan mountain. The identification rests on that resemblance plus position; the Palaikastro forms A-DI-KI-TE(-TE) come from the Dikte region.

   • ▱▱▱▱speculative(the dedicant's name)— Salgarella 2025
     What this rests on

     Stands in the subject slot of the formula (Table 6, p. 46), where the shorter version on PS Za 2 has a different word.

     Role: subject. Contradicts the reading as the place name Dikte.

     Proposed on IO Za 2.

   • ▱▱▱▱speculativefrom Dikte— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed
     What this rests on

     The Dikte identification itself is older and widely discussed; the ablative sense 'from' is this source's.

     Proposed on IO Za 2.

3. ▸𐘱𐘞𐘞𐘴𐘋ja-sa-sa-ra-me7 texts · 5 sites · word page
   • ▰▰▱▱debateda divine name or epithet (?)— conventional
     What this rests on

     The most widespread element of the formula: libation vessels from several sanctuaries, plus a metal object (PL Zf 1). The alternation JA- / A- / zero is a recurring pattern in the formula. That it names a deity is inferred from its recurrence in dedications.

   • ▱▱▱▱speculative(an) offering— Salgarella 2025
     What this rests on

     Stands in the direct-object slot of the formula (Table 6, p. 46), and is kept in the shorter version on PS Za 2.

     Role: direct object. Contradicts the reading as a divine name.

     Proposed on IO Za 2.

   • ▱▱▱▱speculativethe tears— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed
     What this rests on

     Reads the fifth sign (AB13, conventionally ME) as ŽA, a value from the author's own phonetic reconstruction. The same sequence recurs on libation vessels from several sanctuaries; 'tears' has to make sense in each of them.

     Proposed on IO Za 2.

4. ▸𐘉𐘅𐘾𐘅𐘤u-na-ka-na-si7 texts · 5 sites · word page
   • ▰▰▰▰establishedlibation formula element; meaning unknown— conventional
     What this rests on

     Recurs in the formula, usually right after JA-SA-SA-RA-ME. Variants with an extra RU (U-NA-RU-KA-NA-TI, PK Za 11) are sometimes grouped with it.

   • ▱▱▱▱speculativerequesting— Salgarella 2025
     What this rests on

     Part of the subordinate clause that follows the object (Table 6, p. 46).

     Role: subordinate clause.

     Proposed on IO Za 2.

   • ▱▱▱▱speculativeweep— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed
     What this rests on

     Proposed on IO Za 2.

5. ▸𐘚𐘢𐘅𐙁i-pi-na-ma6 texts · 5 sites · word page
   • ▰▰▰▰establishedlibation formula element; meaning unknown— conventional
     What this rests on

     Recurs in the formula, typically before SI-RU-TE.

   • ▱▱▱▱speculative(a) favour— Salgarella 2025
     What this rests on

     Part of the subordinate clause that follows the object (Table 6, p. 46).

     Role: subordinate clause.

     Proposed on IO Za 2.

   • ▱▱▱▱speculativethe libation offering— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed
     What this rests on

     Proposed on IO Za 2.

6. ▸𐘤𐘘𐘃si-ru-te7 texts · 5 sites · word page
   • ▰▰▰▰establishedlibation formula element; meaning unknown— conventional
     What this rests on

     Recurs in the formula, typically after I-PI-NA-MA and near the end.

   • ▱▱▱▱speculativefrom (a deity)— Salgarella 2025
     What this rests on

     Part of the subordinate clause that follows the object (Table 6, p. 46).

     Role: subordinate clause.

     Proposed on IO Za 2.

   • ▱▱▱▱speculativemay it flow in streams— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed
     What this rests on

     Proposed on IO Za 2.

7. ▸𐘳𐘅𐘴𐘃𐘉𐘠𐘯ta-na-ra-te-u-ti-nuonly here · word page
   • ▱▱▱▱speculativesanctuary— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed, on the part ta-na-ra
     What this rests on

     The source splits TA-NA-RA-TE-U-TI-NU into TA-NA-RA / TE-U / TI-NU. There is no word divider there on the stone, and the corpus segments it as one word.

     Proposed on IO Za 2.

   • ▱▱▱▱speculativeof the god— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed, on the part te-u
     What this rests on

     Part of TA-NA-RA-TE-U-TI-NU; see the TA-NA-RA note.

     Proposed on IO Za 2.

   • ▱▱▱▱speculativeTinu, a divine name; proposed as an earlier form of Mycenaean di-wo-nu-so (Dionysos)— Schümann 2026, not peer-reviewed, on the part ti-nu
     What this rests on

     Depends on the TE-U / TI-NU split. The sound correspondence TI-NU ~ di-wo-nu-so is not demonstrated.

     Proposed on IO Za 2.

Proposed as a continuous text