Scientific status
Enrica Patria proposes 2 proposals recorded, kept apart from the conventional reading.
Attestations on this site
HT28a 1 attestation
*568HT28a · 10 Enrica Patria proposes identified asOpen on the tablet
In Enrica Patria’s reading
Enrica Patria proposes HOMO+KAcompared withkanēphóroi
Greek kanēphóros; compare the hybrid word KApo-ru on HT115a,5 (Reading p.13; Sound and meaning p.10).
Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it, p. 13Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it, p. 16 (HT28a)Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, p. 10 (HT28a,4; HT115a,5)Patria, Divinità minoiche, p. 5 (HT28) Enrica Patria proposes HOMO+KAHT28a · 10identified asHOMO+KA
Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, p. 10 (HT28a,4)Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it, p. 16 (HT28a)
Proposed meanings
Proposed translation HOMO+KAmeaningbearers of KA offerings
“bearers of offering baskets” (Reading p.13); “bearers of KA offerings” (Reading p.16); “portatori delle offerte KA” (Divinità p.5). Also expressed by the symbol of a man carrying a KA in his hands (Sound and meaning p.10).
Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it, p. 13Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it, p. 16 (HT28a)Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, p. 10 (HT28a,4)Patria, Divinità minoiche, p. 5 (HT28)
Sources
Enrica Patria
Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it — p. 13; p. 16 (HT28a)Patria, Divinità minoiche, 2024 — p. 5 (HT28)
Enrica Patria Pugliese
Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, 2025 — p. 10 (HT28a,4; HT115a,5); p. 10 (HT28a,4)
Information still to be completed
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