# ARKH 2

A Linear A document: tablet from Arkhanes.

- Site: Arkhanes
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM I
- Scribe: ARKH Scribe 1
- Edition: [GORILA III](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_700>)

## Text

1. [SI-DA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-DA-TE/index.md>)
2. [KU-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RA/index.md>) [\*131B](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*131B/index.md>) 5
3. [A-SI-DA-TO-I](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SI-DA-TO-I/index.md>) 12
4. ZU-\*301-SE-DE-\*21F-\*118 6
5. [A-SU-PU-WA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SU-PU-WA/index.md>) 4
6. RU-MI
7. \[…\]

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: incomplete

Provisions in all: must 5; the Ashdodite 12; the chariot soldiers: provision of wheat 6; the storehouse 4; RU-MI[…]

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [SI-DA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-DA-TE/index.md>) | ṣēdat | provisions (heading) | Speculative |
| [KU-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RA/index.md>) | kulla | in all (total), the -a form of KU-RO kull; rival a recipient | Candidate |
| [\*131B](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*131B/index.md>) | tirōšu | must, new wine (logogram), 5 | Speculative |
| [A-SI-DA-TO-I](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SI-DA-TO-I/index.md>) | ʾAšdōdī | the Ashdodite (gentilic), 12 | Candidate |
| ZU-\*301-SE-DE-\*21F-\*118 | ṯannān ṣēd ḥiṭṭa | the chariot soldiers: provision of wheat, 6; rival a name ZU-*301-SE-DE + wheat 6 | Speculative |
| [A-SU-PU-WA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SU-PU-WA/index.md>) | ʾasuppūa | store(house), 4; rival a personal designation in -uwa | Speculative |
| RU-MI |  | broken word |  |

## Commentary

SI-DA-TE heads a must list; the end of the last line is written over an erasure (GORILA III 6–7).

## Lexicon entries

- [\*21F-\*118](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*21F-*118/index.md>) (ḥiṭṭa): wheat; rivals ḫaṭṭu 'sceptre', ḥaṯ 'unleavened bread'. Candidate.
- [KU-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RA/index.md>) (kulla): in all, total (accounting term), the -a form of KU-RO kull; rival a recipient. Candidate.
- [A-SI-DA-TO-I](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SI-DA-TO-I/index.md>) (ʾAšdōdī): the Ashdodite, a man of Ashdod (gentilic). Candidate.
- [\*131B](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*131B/index.md>) (tirōšu): must, new wine (unfermented or partially fermented grape juice) — commodity logogram. Speculative.
- [A-SU-PU-WA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SU-PU-WA/index.md>) (ʾasuppūa): store(house), an entry under SI-DA-TE 'provisions'; rival a personal designation in -uwa. Speculative.
- [SE-DE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SE-DE/index.md>) (ṣēd): provision of (construct), before *21F-*118 ḥiṭṭa 'wheat'. Speculative.
- [SI-DA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-DA-TE/index.md>) (ṣēdat): provisions (cf. Heb. ṣêdâ, travelling provision). Speculative.
- [ZU-\*301](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/ZU-*301/index.md>) (ṯannān): chariot soldiers, archers (a troop drawing rations); rival a name ZU-*301-SE-DE. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/ARKH%202/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- KTU: Dietrich, Manfried; Loretz, Oswald; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2013), Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani und anderen Orten / The Cuneiform Alphabetic Texts from Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani and Other Places (KTU³). Ugarit-Verlag, Münster (Alter Orient und Altes Testament 360/1); ISBN 978-3-86835-014-2
- GORILA III: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1976), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 3: Tablettes, nodules et rondelles édités en 1975 et 1976 (GORILA III). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 3); Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.