# HT 24a

A Linear A document: tablet from Haghia Triada.

- Site: Haghia Triada
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Findspot: Corridor 9 and Vestibule 26
- Edition: [GORILA I](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_698>)

## Text

1. [KU-PA₃-RI-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-PA~E2~82~83-RI-JA/index.md>) KI-MA+RU-\[
2. 6
3. MA+RU-ME 10
4. 9 ¹⁄₂
5. MA+RU-ME 6
6. [PA-SA-RI-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-SA-RI-JA/index.md>) MA+RU-ME-\[
7. RU-I-KO MA+RU-\[

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: incomplete

Of-Kubariya: KI-MA+RU-[…] 6. The wool: 10[…]. […] 9½. The wool: 6. The Baṣirean: the wool […]. RU-I-KO: MA+RU-[…].

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [KU-PA₃-RI-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-PA~E2~82~83-RI-JA/index.md>) | Kubariya | section heading—(wool) of Kubariya, a town of Ugarit; rival Gubliya 'the Byblian' | Speculative |
| KI-MA+RU-\[ |  | unread |  |
| MA+RU-ME | marūm | the wool (quantities 10 and 6; a third entry on .4 breaks after ME) | Candidate |
| [PA-SA-RI-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-SA-RI-JA/index.md>) | Baṣariya | the Baṣirean, gentilic of Baṣīru, a town of Ugarit: second section heading | Speculative |
| RU-I-KO |  | proposed luʾīku 'sent, dispatched' (unconfirmed) |  |
| MA+RU-\[ |  | unread |  |

## Commentary

Context: LM IB two-section wool ledger. Wool allocations under the headings KU-PA₃-RI-JA and PA-SA-RI-JA.

GORILA I 42–43: .1 KU-PA₃-RI-JA · KỊ-MA+RU[ .2 6 MA+RU-ME 10[ .3 9 ½ MA+RU-MẸ 6 .4 PA-SA-RI-JA · MA+RU-MẸ[ .5 RỤ-Ị-KO · MA+RU[. The wool ligature MA+RU (A559) opens the group on every line, and marūm 'the wool' carries the quantities. Complete when RU-I-KO is resolved.

## Epigraphic note

GORILA I 42–43: .1 KU-PA₃-RI-JA · KỊ-MA+RU[ .2 6 MA+RU-ME 10[ .3 9 ½ MA+RU-MẸ 6 .4 PA-SA-RI-JA · MA+RU-MẸ[ .5 RỤ-Ị-KO · MA+RU[. MA+RU is the wool ligature (A559), RU's arms drawn across MA, and it opens the group on every line. On .1 KI is dotted and was written in after the ligature (note .1), which sits on the broken right edge. The second transcription opens .5 with a bracket.

## Lexicon entries

- [MA-RU-ME](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-RU-ME/index.md>) (marūm): the wool (substrate commodity noun with Semitic mimation). Candidate.
- [KU-PA₃-RI-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-PA~E2~82~83-RI-JA/index.md>) (Kubariya): Kubariya, a town of Ugarit, (wool) of Kubariya: a section heading; rival Gubliya 'the Byblian'. Speculative.
- [PA-SA-RI-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-SA-RI-JA/index.md>) (Baṣariya): the Baṣirean, gentilic of Baṣīru, a town of Ugarit (Ug. bṣry): a wool section heading. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%2024a/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- KTU: Dietrich, Manfried; Loretz, Oswald; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2013), Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani und anderen Orten / The Cuneiform Alphabetic Texts from Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani and Other Places (KTU³). Ugarit-Verlag, Münster (Alter Orient und Altes Testament 360/1); ISBN 978-3-86835-014-2
- AS 21: Gelb, Ignace J. (1980), Computer-aided Analysis of Amorite. Assyriological Studies 21,The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
- DULAT: del Olmo Lete, Gregorio; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2015), A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition. Brill, Leiden/Boston (Handbook of Oriental Studies 1/112); Third Revised Edition, tr. and ed. Wilfred G.E. Watson; 2 parts
- 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
- RGTC 12/2: Belmonte Marín, Juan Antonio (2001), Die Orts- und Gewässernamen der Texte aus Syrien im 2. Jt. v. Chr.. Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden (Répertoire Géographique des Textes Cunéiformes 12/2; Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients B 7/12/2)

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