# ZA 5a–b

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

- Object: Clay tablet, written on both faces
- Site: Zakros
- Period: LM IB

## Text

1. [\*21F-\*118](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*21F-*118/index.md>) [VIN SU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SU/index.md>) KI-NI-
2. MA- 7 O-TA-NI-ZA-
3. SE- 6 [SA-MI-DA-E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-MI-DA-E/index.md>)
4. [\*28B-NU-MA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JI-NU-MA-RE/index.md>) 20
5. [SI-PI-KI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-PI-KI/index.md>) 1 J MA-KA-
6. I-TA- 3

## Proposed translation

Wheat; wine: priests 7; Otanizase 6. Semolina. Wine-stewards: 20 — libation pourings: 1½ — Makīt: 3

## Lexicon entries here

- [\*21F-\*118](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*21F-*118/index.md>) (ḥiṭṭa): wheat; rivals ḫaṭṭu 'sceptre', ḥaṯ 'unleavened bread'. Candidate.
- [SU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SU/index.md>) (šaḫū): pig (livestock commodity). Probable.
- [KI-NI-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-NI-MA/index.md>) (kihinīma): priests (plural + mimation). Candidate.
- [SA-MI-DA-E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-MI-DA-E/index.md>) (samidē): groats, semolina, processed grain. Candidate.
- [JI-NU-MA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JI-NU-MA-RE/index.md>) (yinumare): wine-lords, wine-stewards (personnel category). Candidate.
- [SI-PI-KI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-PI-KI/index.md>) (šipkī): pourings, libation portions (wine administration term). Candidate.
- [MA-KA-I-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-KA-I-TA/index.md>) (Makīt): personal name (f.), the feminine of Makī (MA-KA-I-SE); rival the Egyptian name mkj·t. Speculative.

## Remarks

Ration tablet from Zakros (Scribe 1). Side a: under *21F-*118 and VIN-SU (wine, with SU), KI-NI-MA 7 and O-TA-NI-ZA-SE 6, then SA-MI-DA-E; below it the surface is worn away and the last lines are lost. Side b: *28B-NU-MA-RE 20, SI-PI-KI 1½ and MA-KA-I-TA 3; *28B-NU-MA-RE and SI-PI-KI recur together on ZA 4a and ZA 15a. 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-za-5/
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.