# HT 12

A Linear A document: tablet from Haghia Triada.

- Site: Haghia Triada
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: HT Scribe 11
- Findspot: Villa Magazine
- Edition: [GORILA I](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_698>)

## Text

1. [QA-TI-DA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-TI-DA-TE/index.md>) [OLE+DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BDI/index.md>) 5
2. [\*304](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*304/index.md>) 5
3. [QE-TU-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-TU-NE/index.md>) QA2+\[?\]+PU 1
4. [E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/E/index.md>) 30
5. MA+RU \*118 5
6. CYP+E 3
7. [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) 1
8. QA2+\[?\]+PU+RE ¹⁄₁₆
9. [DA-I](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-I/index.md>) 50

## Translation

- Status: incomplete

Kati-tati: honey-oil 5, fat(?) 5. Small amounts: QA₂-compound 1. Fat 30. Wool (MA+RU): *118 5. Cyperus-fat 3. Figs 1. QA₂-compound-RE ¹⁄₁₆. Total allocation: 50.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [QA-TI-DA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-TI-DA-TE/index.md>) | Kati-tati | Kati-tati, Hurrian personal name, recipient heading the issue; rival katītat 'beaten (oil)'. The stem QA-TI- stands at four sites (QA-TI-KI, QA-TI-JU, QA-TI-DA-TE, TI-DI-TE-QA-TI); this word once | Speculative |
| [OLE+DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BDI/index.md>) | šamnu-dišpu | honey-oil (oil infused with or qualified by honey) | Candidate |
| [\*304](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*304/index.md>) | pidru | oil/fat-register commodity; perhaps fat or tallow | Candidate |
| [QE-TU-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-TU-NE/index.md>) | qaṭunē | small/fine (amounts) — quality designation | Speculative |
| QA₂+\[?\]+PU | unknown | [unresolved ligature compound — appears twice on this tablet (also as QA₂+[?]+PU+RE with fractional qty)] |  |
| [E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/E/index.md>) | ḥemʾat | fat, butter, ghee | Candidate |
| MA+RU | MARU | wool (logogram) | Candidate |
| \*118 | unknown (onset /ṭ/) | [commodity logogram, function PROBABLE but specific word unresolved — best working hypothesis ṭaḥīnu 'ground/milled product' from √ṭ-ḥ-n] |  |
| CYP+E | kupru-ḥemʾat | cyperus-fat (aromatic fat compound) | Candidate |
| [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) | \*nikuleon | figs | Confirmed |
| QA₂+\[?\]+PU+RE | unknown | [variant of QA₂+[?]+PU with -RE suffix; fractional qty ¹⁄₁₆] |  |
| [DA-I](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-I/index.md>) | dayu | total allocation, grand sum | Candidate |

## Commentary

GORILA I 25: .4–5 MA+RU · *118 5, the wool ligature (A559) before *118. CYP+E is a fraction rider (CYP ¼ measure), not a syllabic qualifier. *304 is read pidru(?) 'fat' (CANDIDATE). Unresolved: the two QA₂ compounds and the *118 word. DA-I 50 totals the allocations.

## Epigraphic note

GORILA I 25: .4–5 MA+RU · *118 5, MA+RU the wool ligature (A559).

## Lexicon entries

- [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>): figs—commodity ideogram (FIC). Confirmed.
- [OLE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE/index.md>): šamnu 'oil, olive oil'. Probable.
- [CYP](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/CYP/index.md>) ((logogram)): cyperus, aromatic sedge (commodity logogram). Probable.
- [\*304](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*304/index.md>) (pidru): fat, tallow (an oil/fat-register commodity). Candidate.
- [E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/E/index.md>) (ḥemʾat): butter, ghee (ḥemʾat), a quantified commodity. Candidate.
- [OLE+DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BDI/index.md>) (dišpu): honeyed oil (DI for dišpu 'honey'). Candidate.
- [DA-I](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-I/index.md>) (dayu): good, sufficient—commodity quality designation on oil/fat allocation tablets. Candidate.
- [QA-TI-DA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-TI-DA-TE/index.md>) (Kati-tati): Kati-tati (Hurrian personal name); rival katītat 'beaten (oil)'. Speculative.
- [QE-TU-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-TU-NE/index.md>) (qaṭunē): small, fine (amounts)—quality term over the QA₂-ligature entry. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%2012/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- 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
- Salgarella, Ester (2022), Mix and Match: A Combinatory (Re-)Classification of Linear A Signs. Talanta,54,31–52

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