The Decipherment of Minoan Linear A, Volume I, Part VI: Hurrians and Hurrian in Minoan Crete: Indices and glossaries 4

A photograph of Linear A tablet KH 5 from Xανιά / Khaniá is on the front-cover. KH 5.1-2: a-da-ki-si-ka , a-ra-u-da , KH 5.2: wi-sa-sa-ne HORD+E 2 VINb+9 2 KH 5.3: wi-na-du, OVIS+na 1 KH 5.3-4: ku-pa-do HORD [ ] 5 A FIC 2 JB Linear A a-da-ki-si-ka (KH 5.1) represents a Hurrian name, for it can be analysed as asd=a-kizzi=ḫḫ(i)=a, consisting of the a-stem asd=a 'woman' and the essive -a of kizzi=ḫ(ḫ)i 'jewel', so that it can be translated as 'The woman (is/shines) like a jewel' or more speci...