# HT 23b

A Linear A document: tablet from Haghia Triada.

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

## Text

1. NI-RA [CYP](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/CYP/index.md>) ¹⁄₃
2. [OLE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE/index.md>) ¹⁄₃
3. [MI+JA+RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MI~2BJA~2BRU/index.md>)
4. MU
5. QA2+\[?\]+PU
6. QA2+\[?\]+RE 1
7. \[…\]
8. [E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/E/index.md>) 7
9. \[…\]

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: incomplete

NI-RA ·: cyperus B, oil[…] B, MI+JA+RU[…], […]MU?[…], QA₂-ligature (*510?)[…], QA₂-ligature (*508) 1, […], E 7[…].

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| NI-RA |  | heading, parallel to KA-NA on HT23a |  |
| [CYP](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/CYP/index.md>) |  | cyperus | Probable |
| [OLE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE/index.md>) |  | oil | Probable |
| [MI+JA+RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MI~2BJA~2BRU/index.md>) |  | composite, as HT23a | Candidate |
| MU |  | unread |  |
| QA2+\[?\]+PU |  | composite (*510?) |  |
| QA2+\[?\]+RE |  | composite (*508) |  |
| [E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/E/index.md>) |  | commodity |  |

## Commentary

Repeats the opening of HT23a under a different heading word. Broken from .1 onward; .4–5 lost.

## Epigraphic note

GORILA I 41: line 1 NI-RA, both signs dotted.

## Lexicon entries

- [CYP](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/CYP/index.md>) ((logogram)): cyperus, aromatic sedge (commodity logogram). Probable.
- [E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/E/index.md>) (ḥemʾat): butter, ghee (ḥemʾat), a quantified commodity. Candidate.
- [MI+JA+RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MI~2BJA~2BRU/index.md>) (murru): myrrh (murru), compound logogram. Candidate.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%2023b/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- 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.