# HT 20

A Linear A document: tablet from Haghia Triada.

- Site: Haghia Triada
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: HT Scribe 10
- Findspot: Villa Magazine
- Edition: [GORILA I](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_698>)

## Text

1. [PA-RO-SU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-RO-SU/index.md>)
2. [KU-MA-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-MA-JU/index.md>) ¹⁄₄
3. [QE-KU-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-KU-RE/index.md>) [DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI/index.md>) ¹⁄₂
4. \*21M ¹⁄₈
5. [SA-RE-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RE-JU/index.md>) ¹⁄₈
6. WA ¹⁄₄
7. \*188+KU ¹⁄₂

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: complete

Parʿōš: Qumalu ¼; rounds of honey (QE-KU-RE · DI) ½; ram ⅛; Šarr-ēlu ⅛; cloth ¼; *188+KU ½.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [PA-RO-SU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-RO-SU/index.md>) | Parʿōš | personal or clan name, 'Flea' (heading) | Speculative |
| [KU-MA-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-MA-JU/index.md>) | Qumalu | personal name, 'Louse', ¼; rival kumru 'priest' | Speculative |
| [QE-KU-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-KU-RE/index.md>) | kikkᵊrē | rounds of (a commodity) | Speculative |
| [DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI/index.md>) | dibšu | honey (abbreviation), ½ | Candidate |
| \*21M |  | ram (logogram), ⅛ | Probable |
| [SA-RE-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RE-JU/index.md>) | Šarr-ēlu | personal name, 'El is king', ⅛; rival Hurrian Šar-elli | Speculative |
| WA |  | cloth (logogram), ¼ | Speculative |
| \*188+KU |  | terebinth product (*188) with KU, ½ | Speculative |

## Commentary

PA-RO-SU · heads six entries, all fractions (GORILA I 37). *21M is the ram sign; a fraction of a ram is unusual.

## Lexicon entries

- [\*188](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*188/index.md>) (buṭnu): commodity ideogram, a Pistacia/terebinth product (resin, mastic or nuts). Probable.
- [DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI/index.md>) (dibšu): honey, fruit syrup—commodity abbreviation of *dibšu; rival dblt 'fig cake'. In personnel lists a separate single-sign abbreviation. Candidate.
- [KU-MA-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-MA-JU/index.md>) (Qumalu): Qumalu 'Louse' (personal name); rival kumru 'priest'. Speculative.
- [PA-RO-SU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-RO-SU/index.md>) (Parʿōš): personal or clan name, 'Flea'. Speculative.
- [QE-KU-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-KU-RE/index.md>) (kikkᵊrē): rounds, round cakes of (a commodity); talent; rival the personal name Qaqqaru. Speculative.
- [SA-RE-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RE-JU/index.md>) (Šarr-ēlu): personal name, 'El is king'; rival Hurrian Šar-elli. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%2020/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- Harding, G. Lankester (1971), An Index and Concordance of Pre-Islamic Arabian Names and Inscriptions. Near and Middle East Series 8,University of Toronto Press
- 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

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.