# KI-RE-TA-NA (Kretan)

> Cretan (gentilic: 'of Crete')

A name in the Linear A onomasticon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: Kretan
- Type: Gentilic; confidence Confirmed. The function is fixed inside the corpus (position, arithmetic, commodity signs). The etymology may still be a proposal.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Confirmed. The function is fixed inside the corpus (position, arithmetic, commodity signs). The etymology may still be a proposal.
- Sites: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [KI-RE-TA-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RE-TA-NA/index.md>)

## Commentary

Reading from the lexicon (Gordon 1966).

## Attestations

- [HT 2](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT2/index.md>)
- [HT 8a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT8a/index.md>)
- [HT 108](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT108/index.md>)
- [HT 120](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT120/index.md>)

## References

- Gordon, Cyrus H. (1966), Evidence for the Minoan Language. Ventnor Publishers,68

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