Linear A Priestess, ku-zu-wa-sa ~ kosubátas

Many Greek words for 'hollow cup' came from kotu- ( kótulos \ kotúlē \ kotúlea ‘hollow / cup’ ). To me, this shows that G. κοσυβάτας \ kosubátas, 'sacrificer' came from *kotu-wata:s < IE *kotu-wnt- 'having/holding a cup'. Compare IIr. *jhautra- 'pouring vessel', *jhautar- 'priest'. Both G. dia. *w > *v (written b ) and *tu > tu \ su, needed for this, are already commonly known.

In this context, the Linear A inscr. found in Kophinas, home to an important religious site (Google: Ancient Kofinas refers to the Kofinas Peak Sanctuary, a significant Minoan Bronze Age site on the highest peak of the Asterousia Mountains in southern Crete, Greece, established around 1700-1600 BC. It served as a place of religious worship with significant archaeological findings, including many figurines of athletes, dancers, and animals. ) contains KU-ZU-WA-SA \ *kutsuwassa 'priestess' :

KO Zf 2

a-ra-ko ku-zu-wa-sa to-ma-ro au-ta-de-po-ni-za

arkho-kutsuwassa-i tomaro: auta-desponiza:-s

to the high priestess (I give this bowl), from the ruler of Tómaros

(gen. *-osyo > *-oho > -o:, -ai fem.dat., -a:s fem.gen)

If this were in LB, the meaning would be obvious for au-ta-de-po-ni-za as auta- plus déspoina < *déms-potnya, the fem. of Greek autodespótēs ‘absolute master’.  If a likely word for ‘queen’ or 'ruler' in Greek appeared next to Tómaros’ (a place in Greece), why would anyone see anything else?  That a-ra-ko also appears and must be *arkho- 'ruling / high' ( <- *arkhos ‘king’) makes each part of this theory support the others.

Also, the whole sentence seems to mean, ‘to the high priestess (I give this bowl), from the ruler of Tómaros’.  The word for the type of bowl being in the inscr. is common ( https://collections.mfa.org/objects/238352/libation-bowl-phiale-mesomphalos ) & this type resembles many G. words with *-wassa added ( < *-wntya < *-w(e)nt-iH2 ), like many LB words.

Social aspects favor this, too. Tomaros is by Δωδώνα \ Dōdṓnā on the mainland. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodona it :

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was the oldest Hellenic oracle, possibly dating to the 2nd millennium BCE according to Herodotus. The earliest accounts in Homer describe Dodona as an oracle of Zeus. Situated in a remote region away from the main Greek poleis, it was considered second only to the Oracle of Delphi in prestige. During classical antiquity, according to various accounts, priestesses and priests in the sacred grove interpreted the rustling of the oak (or beech) leaves to determine the correct actions to be taken.

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This could very well be a gift from the priestess of one the most important holy sites to another. If arkho-kutsuwassa- & auta-desponiza:- are comparable in form & meaning, its use in understanding Minoan and mainland Greek culture is invaluable. This value, clear in LB, is just as worthy of LA. Both Greek, both comprehensible.