# \*pitḳ- 'tablet, ballot, decree' 1, 'a goblet so named' 2

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: tablet, slip; lot, decree; goblet
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/p/3852_tablet_ballot_decree_1_a_goblet_so_named_2.md

## In Linear A

- [PA-TA-QE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-TA-QE/index.md>) (pitqē): a kind of \*402 cup

## Notes

Klein s.v. פִּתְקָה takes the Hebrew from Aramaic pitqā.

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: pitqâ 1 (Klein s.v. פִּתְקָה) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: pitqā 'ball, stone, tablet, ballot; lot, decree' 1; 'a large goblet... which was named Pithka (Decree)' 2, Targ. II Esth. 1:8 (Jastrow 1173)

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