# HT 121

A Linear A document: tablet from Haghia Triada.

- Site: Haghia Triada
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: HT Scribe 4
- Findspot: Casa Room 9
- Edition: [GORILA I](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_698>)
- In 3D: [HT 121](<https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-ht-121/index.md>)

## Text

1. [KI-RI-TA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RI-TA~E2~82~82/index.md>) [OLE+QE+DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BQE~2BDI/index.md>) 10
2. [SA-RA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RA~E2~82~82/index.md>) [GRA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/GRA/index.md>) 5
3. [OLE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE/index.md>) 4
4. [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) 2
5. [VIN](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN/index.md>) 3
6. [\*23M](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*23M/index.md>) 3

## Translation

- Status: complete

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 word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [KI-RI-TA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RI-TA~E2~82~82/index.md>) | Kirīta | Kret(a) — toponym for Crete | Probable |
| [OLE+QE+DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BQE~2BDI/index.md>) | A623 (OLE+QE+DI) | compound oil category; perhaps honeyed or syrup-infused | Speculative |
| [SA-RA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RA~E2~82~82/index.md>) | šarra | queen/princess; by metonymy, the queen's establishment | Candidate |
| [GRA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/GRA/index.md>) | ašnan | grain | Probable |
| [OLE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE/index.md>) | šamnu | oil, olive oil | Probable |
| [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) | \*nikuleon | figs | Confirmed |
| [VIN](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN/index.md>) | wayn | wine | Probable |
| [\*23M](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*23M/index.md>) | mūru | young 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.

## Lexicon entries

- [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>): figs—commodity ideogram (FIC). Confirmed.
- [KI-RI-TA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RI-TA~E2~82~82/index.md>) (Kirīta): Kret (variant spelling). Probable.
- [\*23M](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*23M/index.md>) (mūru): young bull, head of cattle (live livestock logogram; MU-onset abbreviation of *mūru). Probable.
- [SA-RA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RA~E2~82~82/index.md>) (šarra): queen/princess; by metonymy the queen's or royal establishment (recipient/institutional heading). Candidate.
- [OLE+QE+DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BQE~2BDI/index.md>): oil with flour and honey, a compound (A623). Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%20121/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

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Licence: CC BY 4.0 for the translations and commentary; the corpus keeps its sources’ terms, SigLA’s records CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.