# MI+\*301 (minā)

> mina, portion (weight/measure unit)

A Linear A word in the Linear A Lexicon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: minā
- Confidence: Probable. Fits the word’s contexts and has a close external comparison, without an independent control.
- Root: [\*mVnVw- ~ \*ʾVmVn-](<https://linear-a.ai/roots/643/index.md>) 'count' 1, 'test, try' 2, 'be certain, believe' 3, 'be secure, safe; make secure, protect' 4, 'measure, portion, share; fate' 5
- Kind: Administrative
- Language: Semitic
- Signs: MI+\*301
- Rank: #63 of the top 100

## Compared forms

- Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎐 *mn* — mn 'mina' (GlOS 2, 45)
- Egyptian: group writing man-nu₂ 'mina', a Semitic loan (GlOS 2, 45, after Hoch, SWET 127, no. 162)

## Attestations

- [KH Wc 2064](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/KHWc2064/index.md>): MI+\*301 — mina, portion
- [KH Wc 2099](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/KHWc2099/index.md>): MI+\*301 — mina, portion (weight unit)

## Commentary

KH Wc 2064 and KH Wc 2099, two Khania roundels, each with the ligature MI+*301 alone. minā 'mina, portion': Heb. māneh 'mina' (HALOT 599), Akk. manû 'mina' (CAD M/1 219), from manû 'to count' (CAD M/1 221), Ug. mn 'mina' (GlOS 2, 45). A weight label on sealed administrative roundels. Two attestations. See MI-NU-TE.

## Same root

- [MI-NU-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MI-NU-TE/index.md>) (minūt)
- [DA-DU-MI-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-DU-MI-NE/index.md>) (dādu-Mīnō)
- [DA-MI-NU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-MI-NU/index.md>) (Ḏā-Mīnu)
- [PI-MI-NA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-MI-NA-TE/index.md>) (bi-mināti)

## References

- Reading: di Mino; HALOT; CAD M/1; GlOS 2
- HALOT: Koehler, Ludwig; Baumgartner, Walter; Stamm, Johann Jakob; Richardson, M. E. J. (trans. and ed.) (1994), The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, vols. I–IV. E. J. Brill, Leiden · New York · Köln
- CAD M/1: Oriental Institute (A. Leo Oppenheim and Erica Reiner, eds.) (1977), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 10, M, part 1. The Oriental Institute, Chicago
- GlOS 2: Sanmartín, Joaquín (2024), A Glossary of Old Syrian, Volume 2: l – z. Languages of the Ancient Near East 8/2,Eisenbrauns (Pennsylvania State University Press), University Park

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