# HT 9a–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
- Edition: GORILA I

## Text

1. [SA-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RO/index.md>) [TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE/index.md>) [VIN](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN/index.md>)
2. [PA-DE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-DE/index.md>) 5 JE [\*306-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*306-TU/index.md>)
3. 10 [DI-NA-U](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-NA-U/index.md>) 4 [QE-PU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-PU/index.md>)
4. 2 [\*324-DI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*324-DI-RA/index.md>) 2 J TA-
5. I-\*123- 2 J [A-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RU/index.md>)
6. 4 E [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) 31 J E
7. [PA₃](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83/index.md>) WA-JA-PI-…
8. KA-\*305 [PA-DE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-DE/index.md>) 3 A-SI
9. 3 [\*306-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*306-TU/index.md>) 8 [\*324-DI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*324-DI-RA/index.md>) 2
10. [QE-PU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-PU/index.md>) 2 TA-I-\*123 2
11. [DI-NA-U](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-NA-U/index.md>) 4
12. [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) 24

## Proposed translation

The king’s account — contribution — wine: Padī 5 ¾; ʿAttu 10; Dīnāyu 4; the official 2; Sōdir 2 ½; TA-I-*123 2 ½; Ḫaru 4 ¼. Total 31 ½ ¼. PA₃ WA-JA-PI[…] Likewise: Padī 3; A-SI 3; ʿAttu 8; Sōdir 2; the official 2; TA-I-*123 2; Dīnāyu 4. Total 24.

## Lexicon entries here

- [SA-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RO/index.md>) (šarr): king; the king's account (heading and recipient). Candidate.
- [TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE/index.md>) (terûmā): contribution, offering (terûmā), a transaction marker. Candidate.
- [VIN](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN/index.md>): wayn 'wine'. Probable.
- [PA-DE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-DE/index.md>) (Padī): personal name 'redeemer' (p-d-y); recipient of wine. Speculative.
- [\*306-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*306-TU/index.md>) (ʿAttu): personal name (cf. Hebrew ʿAttay). Candidate.
- [DI-NA-U](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-NA-U/index.md>) (Dīnāyu): personal name: hypocoristic of a √d-y-n name ('Judge'). Candidate.
- [QE-PU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-PU/index.md>) (qēpu): official, commissioner (title); rival: the personal name Qīpu. Speculative.
- [\*324-DI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*324-DI-RA/index.md>) (sōdir): one who sets in order (title or name). Speculative.
- [A-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RU/index.md>) (Ḫaru): Ḫaru (Hurrian personal name); rival the Semitic name Ḫayru 'Excellent'. Speculative.
- [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) (kull): total, sum (accounting term). Confirmed.
- [PA₃](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83/index.md>) (bi=): in, with, by (proclitic b-); rival on HT 103 bād(i) 'in the charge of'. Candidate.

## Remarks

From the Villa Magazine: wine handed out to seven recipients under SA-RO · TE · VIN, and the same roster again on side b with smaller amounts. On side a the entries come to 31 against KU-RO 31 J E (31¾), short by J E (¾), probably an entry the scribe left out; on side b, under KA-*305 and a ruled line, 3 + 3 + 8 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 4 = 24 exactly. Side b has A-SI where side a has A-RU, and its first line, PA₃ · WA-JA-PI[, breaks off. TA-I-*123 is written with the aromatics sign. Turn the tablet over to read side b; its size and outline are the stand-in's. 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-9/
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 50525edd.