# ARKH 3a

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. \]-KA-NE [GRA\[](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/GRA/index.md>)
2. ¹⁄₅
3. [OLIV](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLIV/index.md>) 3 ¹⁄₅
4. [\*131B](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*131B/index.md>) 2
5. 2
6. [\*317](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*317/index.md>) 2
7. \[…\]
8. [KI-NU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-NU/index.md>) [GRA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/GRA/index.md>) 13
9. [\]TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE/index.md>) 2
10. [\*317](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*317/index.md>) 2
11. \*312 2
12. [\]KU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU/index.md>) 3[

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

[…]-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 word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| \]-KA-NE |  | end of a broken word. Not readable. |  |
| [GRA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/GRA/index.md>) | \[ideogram\] | grain |  |
| [OLIV](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLIV/index.md>) | \[ideogram\] | olives |  |
| [\*131B](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*131B/index.md>) | TIRŌŠU | must/new wine | Speculative |
| [\*317](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*317/index.md>) |  | unresolved commodity logogram |  |
| [KI-NU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-NU/index.md>) | Kīnu | personal name ('the Just/True One') | Candidate |
| [\]TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE/index.md>) |  | broken before TE. Not readable. |  |
| \*312 |  | unidentified logogram, 2 |  |
| [\]KU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU/index.md>) |  | broken 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[.

## Lexicon entries

- [GRA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/GRA/index.md>): dagān 'grain, cereal'. Probable.
- [OLIV](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLIV/index.md>): zayt 'olive (fruit)'. Probable.
- [\*317](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*317/index.md>): commodity logogram counted in whole units; in A542 (HT 89) a personnel-class composite. Candidate.
- [KI-NU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-NU/index.md>) (Kīnu): personal name, 'the True One' (kīnu 'true, reliable'). Candidate.
- [\*131B](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*131B/index.md>) (tirōšu): must, new wine (unfermented or partially fermented grape juice) — commodity logogram. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/ARKH%203a/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- CAD K: Oriental Institute (A. Leo Oppenheim and Erica Reiner, eds.) (1971), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 8, K. The Oriental Institute, Chicago; J. J. Augustin, Glückstadt
- 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.