# HT 19

A Linear A document: tablet from Haghia Triada.

- Site: Haghia Triada
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: HT Scribe 18
- Findspot: Villa Magazine
- Edition: [GORILA I](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_698>)

## Text

1. RA-\*164-TI [TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE/index.md>) [VIN](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN/index.md>) 30
2. [SA-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RO/index.md>) 5 ¹⁄₂
3. [DU-ME-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-ME-DI/index.md>) 43 ¹⁄₂

## Translation

- Status: complete

RA-*164-TI (institution): contribution—wine 30. The royal account: 5½. Dūmatī: 43½.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| RA-\*164-TI |  | account heading (unread) |  |
| [TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE/index.md>) | terûmā | offering, contribution | Candidate |
| [VIN](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN/index.md>) | wine | wine (commodity ideogram) | Probable |
| [SA-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RO/index.md>) | šarr | the king's account | Candidate |
| [DU-ME-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-ME-DI/index.md>) | Dūmatī | personal name: 'the Enduring One' (√d-w-m hypocoristic; Amorite Dūmat-An, Heb. Dūmāh family) | Candidate |

## Commentary

True minimal pair with HT17 (same scribe, heading, and second line)—the variable third slot holds Siddāri there and Dūmatī here, name for name. DU-ME-DI is read as a PN: the DE-ME-TE = Dimtu control fails (HT 94b reads RA-[?]-DE-ME-TE, one word with a sign lost after RA), and the √dwm name family—AmoriteDūmat-An (cuneiform-explicit DU-MA-TA-AN), Hebrew Dūmāh (Gen 25:14), Harding's dmt/dwmt/dymt cluster—gives the PN an etymological first vowel where a Dimtu/Tower-estate oblique needs an unexplained u-grade. Dūmatī's 43½ is large but precedented for single recipients on wine tablets (TE-TU 56 on HT13, I-MI-SA-RA 43 on HT27a). The Tower-estate oblique remains the rival.

## Lexicon entries

- [TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE/index.md>) (terûmā): contribution, offering (terûmā), a transaction marker. Candidate.
- [SA-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RO/index.md>) (šarr): king; the king's account (heading and recipient). Candidate.
- [DU-ME-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-ME-DI/index.md>) (Dūmatī): Dūmatī (personal name—'the Enduring One', √dwm hypocoristic). Candidate.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%2019/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.