# HT 89

A Linear A inscription carved again in 3D: clay tablet from Haghia Triada.

- Object: Clay tablet
- Site: Haghia Triada
- Period: LM IB
- Edition: GORILA I, 176
- Original: Heraklion Archaeological Museum

## Text

1. [A-SA-RA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SA-RA~E2~82~82/index.md>) \*307 [\*305](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*305/index.md>) 23
2. [\*542](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JU~2B*317~2BQE/index.md>) 22 [MA-I-MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-I-MI/index.md>) 24
3. [VIR+\*313A](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIR~2B*313/index.md>) 13 [TA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-RA/index.md>) 5
4. [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) 87
5. [CYP](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/CYP/index.md>) 2 JE [FIC](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) 2 E
6. [VIN](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN/index.md>) 6

## Proposed translation

The work-house of the sanctuary. Personnel classes: *305 23; A542 22; water(-men) 24; VIR+*313a 13; gatekeepers 5—total 87. Cyperus 2 + fraction; figs 2 + fraction; wine 6(?).

## Lexicon entries here

- [A-SA-RA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SA-RA~E2~82~82/index.md>) (ʾasāra): locked house, work-house (of the sanctuary), heading its personnel classes; rivals ʾasīr- 'captives', aššum šarra 'concerning the queen'. Candidate.
- [\*305](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*305/index.md>): personnel-category logogram, a counted class of persons. Probable.
- [JU+\*317+QE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JU~2B*317~2BQE/index.md>): a counted class of men, the composite A542. Confirmed.
- [MA-I-MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-I-MI/index.md>) (mayimi): water(-men), water-drawers of the sanctuary; rival Anatolian 'grown-ups'. Speculative.
- [VIR+\*313](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIR~2B*313/index.md>): a counted class of men, VIR qualified by *313. Confirmed.
- [TA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-RA/index.md>) (ṯa(ġ)ra): gatekeepers (of the sanctuary); rival Akkadian tārû 'child-minder'. Speculative.
- [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) (kull): total, sum (accounting term). Confirmed.
- [CYP](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/CYP/index.md>) ((logogram)): cyperus, aromatic sedge (commodity logogram). Probable.
- [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>): figs—commodity ideogram (FIC). Confirmed.
- [VIN](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN/index.md>): wayn 'wine'. Probable.

## Remarks

Personnel account checked by its arithmetic: 23 + 22 + 24 + 13 + 5 = 87, the KU-RO (“total”). A crack crosses the lower half; the last numeral is damaged. 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-89/
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.