# HT 103

A Linear A document: tablet from Haghia Triada.

- Site: Haghia Triada
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: HT Scribe 3
- Findspot: Casa Room 7
- Edition: [GORILA I](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_698>)

## Text

1. [U-TA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-TA~E2~82~82/index.md>) [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) 40
2. [PA₃](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83/index.md>) [DA-KU-SE-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-KU-SE-NE/index.md>) 6 ¹⁄₂
3. [\*188](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*188/index.md>) 13
4. [DA-KU-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-KU-NA/index.md>) 1
5. [DA-KU-SE-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-KU-SE-NE/index.md>) 1
6. [KI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RA/index.md>) 5 ¹⁄₂

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

Uta: figs 40; by Takušenni ]6½; buṭnu (*188), a Pistacia product, 13; Daguna 1; Takušenni 1; garden 5½.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [U-TA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-TA~E2~82~82/index.md>) | Uta | personal name heading the fig entry; rival the town Uda | Candidate |
| [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) |  | figs (AB 30, FIC) | Confirmed |
| [PA₃](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83/index.md>) | bi= | in, with, by (proclitic b-); rival bād(i) 'in the charge of' | Candidate |
| [DA-KU-SE-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-KU-SE-NE/index.md>) | Takušenni | Hurrian personal name; cf. Boğazköy Tagu(b)-šini, Ugaritic Taki-šenni | Probable |
| [\*188](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*188/index.md>) | buṭnu | commodity ideogram, a Pistacia/terebinth product | Probable |
| [DA-KU-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-KU-NA/index.md>) | Daguna | personal name on Dagan | Probable |
| [KI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RA/index.md>) | kirû | garden, orchard; rival qīru 'hot bitumen' | Candidate |

## Commentary

Administrative list under U-TA₂ · NI 40, HT Scribe 3. GORILA reads .2–3 PA₃-DA-KU-SE-NE[ ]6½, broken after NE, and allows a divider after PA₃ (GORILA I 171), as Ugaritic often sets one after a one-syllable proclitic, b. bnk (CAT 1.6:I:46; Tropper 2000, §21.412a): bi= 'by, with', the proclitic of PH 6 I-DA-PA₃-I-SA-RI. Rival: bād(i) 'in the charge of', as Kition no. 84 bd with a personal name and a count of workmen (Krahmalkov 2000, 97) and CAT 4.145:9–10 bd rb ḥršm (Huehnergard 2012, 76, 94); Linear B pa-ro with a personal name is the Aegean parallel (Killen 2024, 103). Weak point: HT 103 wants bd 'in the charge of', and no Semitic text shortens bd to b. NI is the fig: AB 30 draws a fig branch (Montecchi 2024, 178, following Neumann 1957, 157–58); NI 40 is no total, and no KU-RO follows. DA-KU-SE-NE recurs with 1, and on HT 104 as DA-KU-SE-NE-TI; the first writing is damaged in two sign positions in SigLA. DA-KU-NA is Daguna, a name on Dagan (HALOT 213). *188 is buṭnu, the Pistacia product (HALOT 121; CAD B 358). KI-RA kirû 'garden, orchard' (CAD K 411) also heads the fig entry on ZA 8; rival qīru 'hot bitumen' (CAD Q 270).

## Epigraphic note

GORILA I 170–171. The tablet is damaged along the left edge, but GORILA marks no lost sign before PA₃. It allows a possible interpunct between PA₃ (AB56) and DA-KU-SE-NE; their segmentation is therefore uncertain. If PA₃ is separate, its position before a probable personal name and quantity closely parallels Ugaritic/Phoenician bd /bādi/ or /bīdi/ ‘in the charge of’: Kition no. 84 repeats bd + personal name + counted workmen (Krahmalkov 2000, 97). PA₃ may accordingly be b- ‘in/by’ or a local shorthand for bād(i), but Semitic spelling does not independently establish bd > b, and Linear B does not normally omit final /d/. The functional Aegean parallel is Linear B pa-ro + personal name ‘in whose care/in the charge of’ (Killen 2024, 103). The first DA-KU-SE-NE is damaged in two sign positions in SigLA. NI 40 is an item, not an expressed total: no KU-RO occurs, and the remaining quantities must not be subtracted from it. NI is the conventional Aegean fig ideogram (AB30/FIC); TE-*301, if *301 = NA, is separately comparable with Semitic /tēnā/ ‘fig’ but does not prove NI’s value. U-TA₂ probably labels an entity or place; Uta/Uda is only a comparative name reading. DA-KU-SE-NE is a probable Hurrian-style name in -šenni ‘brother,’ not an exactly attested Dakušenni. KI-RA remains uncertain: Akkadian kirû ‘garden, orchard’ fits its two contexts, while qīru ‘liquid bitumen’ is a formally close alternative.

## Lexicon entries

- [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>): figs—commodity ideogram (FIC). Confirmed.
- [DA-KU-SE-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-KU-SE-NE/index.md>) (Takušenni): Hurrian personal name, 'the brother is beautiful'; cf. Boğazköy Tagu(b)-šini, Ugaritic Taki-šenni. Probable.
- [DA-KU-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-KU-NA/index.md>) (Daguna): personal name on Dagan, Daguna. Probable.
- [\*188](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*188/index.md>) (buṭnu): commodity ideogram, a Pistacia/terebinth product (resin, mastic or nuts). Probable.
- [KI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RA/index.md>) (kirû): garden, orchard; rival qīru 'hot bitumen'. Candidate.
- [PA₃](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83/index.md>) (bi=): in, with, by (proclitic b-); rival on HT 103 bād(i) 'in the charge of'. Candidate.
- [U-TA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-TA~E2~82~82/index.md>) (Uta): Uta, personal name heading the fig (NI) entry on HT 103; rival the town Uda. Candidate.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%20103/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- Neumann, G. (1957), Zur Sprache der kretischen Linearschrift A. Glotta,36,156–158
- Huehnergard, John (2012), An Introduction to Ugaritic. Hendrickson
- Killen, John (ed.) (2024), The New Documents in Mycenaean Greek. Cambridge University Press,1338
- Krahmalkov: Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000), A Phoenician-Punic Dictionary. Peeters (Leuven)
- Tropper, Josef (2000), Ugaritische Grammatik. Alter Orient und Altes Testament 273,Ugarit-Verlag
- HALOT: Koehler, Ludwig; Baumgartner, Walter; Stamm, Johann Jakob; Richardson, M. E. J. (trans. and ed.) (1994), The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, vols. I–IV. E. J. Brill, Leiden · New York · Köln
- 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
- CAD B: Oriental Institute (A. Leo Oppenheim and Erica Reiner, eds.) (1965), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 2, B. The Oriental Institute, Chicago; J. J. Augustin, Glückstadt
- CAD Q: Oriental Institute (Erica Reiner, ed.) (1982), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 13, Q. The Oriental Institute, Chicago; J. J. Augustin, Glückstadt
- GORILA I: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1976), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 1: Tablettes éditées avant 1970 (GORILA I). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 1); Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris
- Montecchi, Barbara (2024), Design and Origins of Linear A Picture-Based Signs. In S. Ferrara, B. Montecchi & M. Valério (eds.), Writing from Invention to Decipherment, Oxford University Press, pp. 171–188

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