# HT 118

A Linear A document: tablet from Haghia Triada.

- Site: Haghia Triada
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: HT Scribe 3
- Findspot: Casa Room 9
- Edition: [GORILA I](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_698>)
- In 3D: [HT 118](<https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-ht-118/index.md>)

## Text

1. SUS [\*516](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*516/index.md>)
2. [MA-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-DI/index.md>) 15
3. KI 10
4. [QA-QA-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-QA-RU/index.md>) 6
5. KI 4
6. [A-RI-SU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RI-SU/index.md>) 4
7. KI 1
8. [RI-RU-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RI-RU-MA/index.md>) 10
9. [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) 30
10. KI 15

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

Pigs, *516: Maʾdi 15, owed(?) 10. Qaqqaru 6, owed(?) 4. The craftsman (A-RI-SU) 4, owed(?) 1. Lirumā ('Pomegranate') 10. Total 30 (the entries sum to 35), owed(?) 15.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUS | logogram | swine, pigs | Confirmed |
| [\*516](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*516/index.md>) | šipru | transaction/account marker | Candidate |
| [MA-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-DI/index.md>) | Maʾdi | place name, 15; rival the Hurrian personal name Madi | Speculative |
| KI |  | owed(?), abbreviation of KI-RO | Candidate |
| [QA-QA-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-QA-RU/index.md>) | Qaqqaru | personal name, 'Ground'; recipient of pigs | Candidate |
| [A-RI-SU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RI-SU/index.md>) | ḥārišu | the craftsman; recipient of pigs | Candidate |
| [RI-RU-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RI-RU-MA/index.md>) | Lirumā | personal name, 'Pomegranate' (Ug. lrmn); recipient of pigs | Speculative |
| [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) | kull | total, sum | Confirmed |

## Commentary

Intact LM IB pig account by recipient. MA-DI 15, QA-QA-RU 6, A-RI-SU 4 and RI-RU-MA 10 sum to 35 against KU-RO 30, five omitted (Younger 2023). The KI values after the first three entries, 10 + 4 + 1, equal the final KI 15. KI abbreviates KI-RO 'owed' (Hooker 1975; Duhoux 1989, 79, cited by Younger 2023). MA-DI is untranslated.

## Epigraphic note

Intact LM IB pig account by recipient. SigLA classifies AB85 as the SUS logogram, A516 as a transaction sign, and all four AB67/KI occurrences as logograms. MA-DI 15, QA-QA-RU 6, A-RI-SU 4 and RI-RU-MA 10 sum to 35 against KU-RO 30, five omitted (Younger 2023). The KI values after the first three entries, 10 + 4 + 1, equal the final KI 15. KI abbreviates KI-RO 'owed' (Hooker 1975; Duhoux 1989, 79, cited by Younger 2023). MA-DI and RI-RU-MA are untranslated.

## Lexicon entries

- [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) (kull): total, sum (accounting term). Confirmed.
- [QA-QA-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-QA-RU/index.md>) (Qaqqaru): personal name, 'Ground' (Akkadian qaqqarum). Candidate.
- [\*516](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*516/index.md>) (šipru): account, register (šipru), a transaction logogram. Candidate.
- [A-RI-SU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RI-SU/index.md>) (ḥārišu): the craftsman, artisan (title). Candidate.
- [MA-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-DI/index.md>) (Maʾdi): place name: a unit of men and livestock in the HT rosters; rival the Hurrian personal name Madi 'wisdom'. Speculative.
- [RI-RU-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RI-RU-MA/index.md>) (Lirumā): personal name, 'Pomegranate' (Ug. lrmn); recipient of pigs. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%20118/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- Duhoux, Yves (1989), Le linéaire A: problèmes de déchiffrement. In Y. Duhoux, T. G. Palaima & J. Bennet (eds.), Problems in Decipherment, BCILL 49, Peeters, Louvain-la-Neuve, pp. 59–119
- Hooker, J. T. (1975), Problems and Methods in the Decipherment of Linear A. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland,107/2,164–172
- Younger, John G. (2023), Linear A Texts and Inscriptions in Phonetic Transcription and Commentary. University of Kansas (people.ku.edu/~jyounger/LinearA/)
- DULAT: del Olmo Lete, Gregorio; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2015), A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition. Brill, Leiden/Boston (Handbook of Oriental Studies 1/112); Third Revised Edition, tr. and ed. Wilfred G.E. Watson; 2 parts

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