Tablet · Haghia Triada

HT 123+124b

Site
Haghia Triada
Object
Tablet
Period
LMIB
Scribe
HT Scribe 6
Findspot
Casa del Lebete
Edition
GORILA I

Text6 lines

Linear ATransliteration
  1. 1*188-*30811*3121³⁄₄
  2. 2TI-DA-TAPI-SA4*188
  3. 31*188-DU10TU-PA-DI-DA
  4. 4J+L2KA-NA[…]]SI-DU
  5. 5A701DU-MA-I-NA³⁄₈
  6. 6KU-RO20KI-RO5

TranslationCandidateincomplete

Pistacia/terebinth oil or processed product(?): 11; *312: 1¾. Sixth(?) [section]. Pīsa(?): 4. Pistacia/terebinth product(?): 1. DU-qualified *188 product: 10. The best of beer: J+L2. Sweet cane(?): [quantity lost]. ]SI-DU: A701. He of the Spring: ⅜. Total: 20. Owed: 5[…].

Word by word12 words

  • *188-*308buṭnu šamniPistacia/terebinth oil or related processed product(?)Candidate
  • *312unidentified logogram, 1¾
  • TI-DA-TAṯidṯītasixth, the sixth sectionCandidate
  • PI-SAPīsarecipient nameSpeculative
  • *188buṭnuPistacia/terebinth product(?)Probable
  • *188-DU[commodity subtype]DU-qualified *188 productCandidate
  • TU-PA-DI-DAṭūb-didathe best of beer (beer extract), J+L2Speculative
  • KA-NAqānā / qanûsweet cane or reed(?)Candidate
  • SI-DUbroken word, ]SI-DU, A701. Not readable.
  • DU-MA-I-NAḏū-maʿīnaHe of the Spring (personal name), ⅜; rival a product, '(the drink) of the spring'Speculative
  • KU-ROkulltotal, sumConfirmed
  • KI-ROkilʾuowed, outstanding balanceConfirmed

Commentary

GORILA I, 212–213. The tablet is broken through line 4 after KA-NA, and the missing area probably contained a numerical entry. The divider after TI-DA-TA is not the numeral 1. Under Corazza et al. 2021, J+L2 equals 11/20 and A701 is tentatively 1/24; those authors excluded HT123b itself from their sample because its readings and arithmetic are doubtful. Cash and Cash 2012 explore a three-group account with deductions but require disputed readings and restorations, so their arithmetic model is not adopted here. The closing KU-RO and KI-RO establish a total and an outstanding amount, but the damaged intermediate entries do not permit a complete reconstruction.

Epigraphic note

Two joining fragments from the Casa del Lebete; the central lacuna interrupts line 4 after KA-NA and probably removes a numerical entry before SI-DU. GORILA and Younger read TU-PA-DI-DA, with AB003 PA; the imported SigLA layer instead labels that sign AB002 RO. The GORILA/Younger reading is retained while the conflict is recorded. The final KI-RO is 5 followed by a break, not 5+A701. The divider after TI-DA-TA is a word-separator dot, not the numeral 1. Cash and Cash (2012, 53–55) stress the uncertain divider/number readings and missing quantity; Corazza et al. (2021, 8–9) exclude HT 123b from their fractional sample because of doubtful readings and scribal errors.

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