Catalogue Entities Sign-group
Sign-group
da-mi-nu
A sequence of signs as the conventional transcription groups them — not a statement about words or language.
Signs as attested at HT117a · II.4
Scientific status
Enrica Patria proposes 6 proposals recorded, kept apart from the conventional reading.
In Enrica Patria’s reading
Enrica Patria proposes da-mi-nuHT117a · II.4segmentationDA | minu
Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it, p. 17 (HT117a,8)Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, p. 14 (HT117a,8) Enrica Patria proposes da-mi-nuHT117a · II.4functionHybrid words
Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, p. 13 (Hybrid words with DA)Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, p. 14 (HT117a,8) Enrica Patria proposes minuHT117a · II.4functionphonetic part
Listed in the “Phonetic Part” column of Patria's table.
Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, p. 14 (Hybrid words with DA: DAminu) Enrica Patria proposes DAHT117a · II.4readingDã
Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it, p. 17 (HT117a,8)Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, p. 11 Enrica Patria proposes minuHT117a · II.4readingsmḗnos
σμῆνος (Sound and meaning p.14).
Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it, p. 17 (HT117a,8)Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, p. 14 (HT117a,8) Enrica Patria proposes DAHT117a · II.4identified asGreat Mother
DA is the name of the Great Mother (Sound and meaning p.11); DA compounds name confraternities dedicated to her (Reading p.18; Sound and meaning p.14).
Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it, p. 17Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it, p. 18Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, p. 11Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, p. 14
Proposed meanings
Proposed translation da-mi-nuHT117a · II.4meaningDA beehive
A DA compound: Patria reads these as names of colleges or ritual confraternities dedicated to the Great Mother (Reading p.18; Sound and meaning p.14).
Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it, p. 17 (HT117a,8)Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, p. 14 (HT117a,8) Proposed translation minuHT117a · II.4meaningbeehive
Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it, p. 17 (HT117a,8)Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, p. 14 (HT117a,8)
Related records
The relation rests on a proposal, or the record exists only in a proposed reading.
- documented relation
- exists only in Enrica Patria's reading
Sources
Enrica Patria
Patria, Reading Linear A before translating it — p. 17 (HT117a,8); p. 17; p. 18
Enrica Patria Pugliese
Patria, Linear A between sound and meaning, 2025 — p. 14 (HT117a,8); p. 13 (Hybrid words with DA); p. 14 (Hybrid words with DA: DAminu); p. 11; p. 14
Information still to be completed
- Attestations are listed from the 2 sides on this site only; occurrences elsewhere in the Linear A corpus are not counted.