# RU-MA-TA (rūmatā)

> the Height (toponym of the Ramah/Ramoth type)

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

- Reading: rūmatā
- Type: Place; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Sites: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [RU-MA-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RU-MA-TA/index.md>)

## Commentary

A toponym, as in the lexicon. √r-w-m "to be high". Distributional proof: bare at HT (×2), suffixed RU-MA-TA-SE at ZA20 = gentilic signature. Cf. Hebrew rāmā (רָמָה), rāmōt (רָמוֹת). On HT29 it is the first entry (qty 2) of a list with PA-JA-RE and KA-DU-MA-NE.

## Attestations

- [HT 29](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT29/index.md>)
- [HT 99b](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT99b/index.md>)

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