Tablet · Arkhanes

ARKH 3a

Site
Arkhanes
Object
Tablet
Period
LM I
Scribe
ARKH Scribe 1
Findspot
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Edition
GORILA III

Text6 lines

Linear ATransliteration
  1. 1]-KA-NEGRA[
  2. 2¹⁄₅OLIV3¹⁄₅*131B2
  3. 32*3172[…]
  4. 4KI-NUGRA13
  5. 5]TE2*3172*3122
  6. 6]KU3[

TranslationCandidate

[…]-KA-NE—grain 1/6, olives 3 1/6, must 2, [break] 2, *317 2. [break] Kīnu—grain 13, […]TE 2, *317 2, *312 2, […]KU 3.

Word by word9 words

  • ]-KA-NEend of a broken word. Not readable.
  • GRA[ideogram]grain
  • OLIV[ideogram]olives
  • *131BTIRŌŠUmust/new wineSpeculative
  • *317unresolved commodity logogram
  • KI-NUKīnupersonal name ('the Just/True One')Candidate
  • ]TEbroken before TE. Not readable.
  • *312unidentified logogram, 2
  • ]KUbroken before KU. Not readable.

Commentary

Context: Ration allocation in two sections, headed by ]-KA-NE (the end of a broken word) and Kīnu, receiving grain, olives, must, *312, ]TE (broken before) and the unresolved commodity *317. Parallels ARKH3b structure (two-recipient format). Biblical triad dāgān + tīrōš + yiṣhār (Deut 7:13) mirrored in GRA + *131B + OLIV.

Arkhanes tablet. Two-section ration/offering allocation matching ARKH3b pattern. Section 1 (]-KA-NE) lists small portions; Section 2 (Kīnu) lists larger allocations. Readings: KI-NU = Kīnu (√k-w-n), *131B = TIRŌŠU (√t-r-š). The grain-olives-must triad parallels the biblical dāgān-tīrōš-yiṣhār offering pattern (Deut 7:13, 11:14).

Epigraphic note

GORILA III 9: .1 ]-KA-NE · GRA[, with a sign trace before KA (note .1), so KA-NE ends a longer word; .4 KI-NU GRA 13, complete at the start (no bracket in the first transcription); .6 ]KU 3[.

Linear A Lexicon