# HT 117a–b

A Linear A inscription carved again in 3D: clay tablet, written on both faces from Haghia Triada.

- Object: Clay tablet, written on both faces
- Site: Haghia Triada
- Period: LM IB
- Original: Heraklion Archaeological Museum

## Text

1. [MA-KA-RI-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-KA-RI-TE/index.md>) [KI-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RO/index.md>) U-MI-
2. NA-SI- [U-SU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-SU/index.md>) 1 [MI-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MI-TU/index.md>) 1 KU-
3. RA-MU- 1 [MA-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-RU/index.md>) 1 [KU-PA₃-NU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-PA~E2~82~83-NU/index.md>) 1 TU-
4. JU-MA- 1 [U-DI-MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-DI-MI/index.md>) 1 MI-RU-TA-
5. RA-RE- 1 [TE-JA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE-JA-RE/index.md>) 1 [NA-DA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NA-DA-RE/index.md>) 1
6. [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) 10
7. [SA-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-TA/index.md>) [KU-KU-DA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-KU-DA-RA/index.md>) 1 KO-SA-I-
8. TI- 1 [DA-MI-NU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-MI-NU/index.md>) 1 DA-NE-KU-
9. TI- 1 [KI-DA-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-DA-RO/index.md>) 1
10. [\*21F-TU-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*21F-TU-NE/index.md>) [KU-RE-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RE-JU/index.md>) 1
11. [DI-KI-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-KI-SE/index.md>) 1

## Proposed translation

Merchants—owed: Ummī-naśiʾ: ʾUšu 1, Mītu 1, Kurmu ('Vineyard') 1, Maruʾ ('Fattened') 1, Kubānu 1, Tuʿlum 1, ʾUdmī 1, Mīru-darār ('Free-running Bull') 1, Teyar 1, Nadr ('Vow') 1. Total: 10. Šata: Kukkadal 1, Kōšayīt ('the Kushite woman') 1, Ḏā-Mīnu 1, Ḏā-naquddi 1, Qidaru 1. Bridegroom/in-law category: Kulelu 1; Dikise 1.

## Lexicon entries here

- [MA-KA-RI-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-KA-RI-TE/index.md>) (makkārītu): merchants (heading of a roster of men); rival 'red (wool)'. Candidate.
- [KI-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RO/index.md>) (kilʾu): owed, outstanding balance (deficit)—transaction term heading deficit sections. Confirmed.
- [U-MI-NA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-MI-NA-SI/index.md>) (Ummī-naśiʾ): My mother is chief/exalted (sentence name). Candidate.
- [U-SU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-SU/index.md>) (ʾUšu): man of Ušu (mainland Tyre)—origin-labeled worker. Candidate.
- [MI-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MI-TU/index.md>) (mītu): personal name, 'dead one'. Speculative.
- [KU-RA-MU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RA-MU/index.md>) (Kurmu): personal name, 'Vineyard' (√k-r-m). Candidate.
- [MA-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-RU/index.md>) (Maruʾ): Fattened (personal name), the bare stem of the Amorite MARUʾ- names; rival Maru 'Wool'. Speculative.
- [KU-PA₃-NU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-PA~E2~82~83-NU/index.md>) (Kubānu): devotee of Kubaba (Kubaba + -ān-), personal name or title; rival Ugaritic Gupana/Gupan. Probable.
- [TU-JU-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU-JU-MA/index.md>) (Tuʿlum): personal name, 'hidden one'. Speculative.
- [U-DI-MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-DI-MI/index.md>) (ʾUdmī): the Udumite—man of Udum (Kirta's city), 'red (land)'. Speculative.
- [MI-RU-TA-RA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MI-RU-TA-RA-RE/index.md>) (Mīru-darār): Free-running Bull, a bull that roams free (personal name); rival Murr-darār 'Flowing Myrrh'. Speculative.
- [TE-JA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE-JA-RE/index.md>) (Teyar): personal name, 'Merciful (god)'; rival tayyār 'trader'. Candidate.
- [NA-DA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NA-DA-RE/index.md>) (Nadr): personal name, 'Vow' (√n-d-r); rival Egyptian PN 'of-the-hand-of-Re'. Probable.
- [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) (kull): total, sum (accounting term). Confirmed.
- [SA-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-TA/index.md>) (Šata): Šata (personal name, heading the second section); rival śadā '(those of) the field'. Speculative.
- [KU-KU-DA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-KU-DA-RA/index.md>) (Kukkadal): Kukkadal (Hurrian personal name), kukk- + adal 'strong'; rival ḳdr 'dark'. Speculative.
- [KO-SA-I-TI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KO-SA-I-TI/index.md>) (Kōšayīt): the Kushite woman (origin label); rival kusītu 'robe'. Speculative.
- [DA-MI-NU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-MI-NU/index.md>) (Ḏā-Mīnu): personal name, 'He of the Portion' (ḏā + √m-n-y); rival √m-n-n 'He of the Favor'. Speculative.
- [DA-NE-KU-TI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-NE-KU-TI/index.md>) (Ḏā-naquddi): He of the speckled (flock) (personal name); rival 'He of the head shepherd'. Speculative.
- [KI-DA-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-DA-RO/index.md>) (Qidaru): personal name, 'Dark' (√ḳ-d-r 'be dark'; cf. Hebrew Qēdār). Probable.
- [\*21F-TU-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*21F-TU-NE/index.md>) (hatune): bridegroom, son-in-law. Candidate.
- [KU-RE-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RE-JU/index.md>) (Kulelu): Kulelu (personal name; cf. Middle Assyrian Kulilu). Candidate.
- [DI-KI-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-KI-SE/index.md>) (Dikise): Dikise, personal name, Hurrian tagiše 'beauty'. Candidate.

## Remarks

Personnel roster from the Casa, Room 9 (Scribe 9). Under MA-KA-RI-TE and KI-RO (“owed”), U-MI-NA-SI heads ten names with 1 each, and KU-RO closes them at exactly 10. Below a ruled line, SA-TA heads five more names with 1 each and no total. Side b is a separate two-entry roster under *21F-TU-NE. Turn the tablet over to read side b. Generated stand-in, not a scan: the shape follows the published description, the sign layout is approximate.

## 3D model

Created at Plasma AI. Template model generated in the browser; texts after the project dossier and GORILA. Glyphs: Noto Sans Linear A (OFL), re-cut stroke by stroke.

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Page: https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-ht-117/
Licence: CC BY 4.0 for the translations and commentary; the corpus keeps its sources’ terms, SigLA’s records CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.