Tablet · Haghia Triada
HT 121
- Site
- Haghia Triada
- Object
- Tablet
- Period
- LM IB
- Scribe
- HT Scribe 4
- Findspot
- Casa Room 9
- Edition
- GORILA I
Text4 lines
Translation
Kret(a): special oil, perhaps honeyed, 10—for the queen's establishment: grain 5, oil 4, figs 2, wine 3, young bulls 3.
Word by word8 words
- KI-RI-TA₂KirītaKret(a) — toponym for CreteProbable
- OLE+QE+DIA623 (OLE+QE+DI)compound oil category; perhaps honeyed or syrup-infusedSpeculative
- SA-RA₂šarraqueen/princess; by metonymy, the queen's establishmentCandidate
- GRAašnangrainProbable
- OLEšamnuoil, olive oilProbable
- NI*nikuleonfigsConfirmed
- VINwaynwineProbable
- *23Mmūruyoung bull, head of cattle (live livestock)Probable
Commentary
Complete, worn tablet with a blank lower field; no signs require restoration. HT114a is a near-twin from the same room and scribe, repeating KI-RI-TA₂, SA-RA₂, and the same five-commodity order. HT121 additionally places A623 before the SA-RA₂ allocation. SigLA catalogs A623 as one logogram, while GORILA decomposes it as OLE+QE+DI. OLE makes an oil category secure and DI permits a possible honey/syrup comparison, but QE is not independently established here as the Akkadian qû-measure. SA-RA₂ is provisionally /šarra/ ‘queen’; ‘the queen’s establishment’ describes its possible metonymic administrative referent, not a different lexical meaning.
Epigraphic note
Complete, worn tablet with a blank lower field; no signs require restoration. HT114a is a near-twin from the same room and scribe, repeating KI-RI-TA₂, SA-RA₂, and the same five-commodity order. SigLA catalogs A623 as one logogram, while GORILA decomposes it as OLE+QE+DI. OLE makes an oil category secure and DI permits a possible honey/syrup comparison, but QE is not independently established here as the Akkadian qû-measure. SA-RA₂ is provisionally /šarra/ ‘queen’; its administrative use may refer metonymically to the queen’s establishment.