# HT 28a

A Linear A document: tablet from Haghia Triada.

- Site: Haghia Triada
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: HT Scribe 13
- Findspot: Villa Magazine
- Edition: [GORILA I](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_698>)

## Text

1. [A-SI-JA-KA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SI-JA-KA/index.md>)
2. JA-\*21F [GRA+QE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/GRA~2BQE/index.md>) 5
3. [OLE+U](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BU/index.md>) 2
4. [OLE+KI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BKI/index.md>) ¹⁄₂
5. [OLE+MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BMI/index.md>) 1
6. [OLE+TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BTU/index.md>) 𐝉
7. [SA-RA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RA~E2~82~82/index.md>) [OLE+DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BDI/index.md>) 1
8. [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) 2
9. [VIN](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN/index.md>) 3
10. VIR+KA-VIN 6
11. [A-RU-DA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RU-DA-RA/index.md>) [GRA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/GRA/index.md>) 5
12. [\*304](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*304/index.md>) 2
13. [OLE+DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BDI/index.md>) 3
14. [I-TA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-TA-JA/index.md>) [OLE+DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BDI/index.md>) 10

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

Fine-flour (account): Yāh—grain+QE 5, U-oil 2, KI-oil ½, anointing oil 1, TU-oil ¹⁄₂₀. The queen/royal establishment—honey-oil 1, figs 2, wine 3, VIR+KA-VIN 6. Arum-adal—grain 5, *304 2, honey-oil 3. ʾIttaya—honey-oil 10.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [A-SI-JA-KA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SI-JA-KA/index.md>) | šawīqu | fine flour, the account heading, as on HT28b | Candidate |
| JA-\*21F | Yāh(a) | Yāh, divine name; grain+QE 5, OLE+U 2, OLE+KI ½, OLE+MI 1, OLE+TU ¹⁄₂₀ | Speculative |
| [SA-RA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RA~E2~82~82/index.md>) | šarra | the queen or royal establishment; OLE+DI 1, figs 2, wine 3, VIR+KA-VIN 6 | Candidate |
| [A-RU-DA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RU-DA-RA/index.md>) | Arum-adal | Arum-adal (Hurrian personal name), 'The Strong one gave him'; grain 5, *304 2, OLE+DI 3 | Speculative |
| [I-TA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-TA-JA/index.md>) | ʾIttaya | ʾIttaya (personal name); OLE+DI 10 | Speculative |

## Commentary

Recto of HT28a/b; A-SI-JA-KA heads both faces, and JA-*21F and SA-RA₂ recur on 28b (GORILA I 53). The fraction after OLE+TU is L2, ¹⁄₂₀.

## Lexicon entries

- [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>): figs—commodity ideogram (FIC). Confirmed.
- [OLE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE/index.md>): šamnu 'oil, olive oil'. Probable.
- [SA-RA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RA~E2~82~82/index.md>) (šarra): queen/princess; by metonymy the queen's or royal establishment (recipient/institutional heading). Candidate.
- [GRA+QE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/GRA~2BQE/index.md>) (qemāḥu): flour/meal as a grain subtype; processed grain product for rations and offerings. Candidate.
- [\*304](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*304/index.md>) (pidru): fat, tallow (an oil/fat-register commodity). Candidate.
- [OLE+KI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BKI/index.md>) (kīnu): genuine, standard-grade oil (kīnu). Candidate.
- [OLE+MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BMI/index.md>) (mišḥā): anointing oil (mišḥā). Candidate.
- [OLE+U](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BU/index.md>) (ʿuṣār): pressed oil (ʿuṣār). Candidate.
- [VIR+KA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIR~2BKA/index.md>) (VIR+KA): kāribū, intercessory priests (VIR with the KA complement). Candidate.
- [OLE+DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BDI/index.md>) (dišpu): honeyed oil (DI for dišpu 'honey'). Candidate.
- [A-SI-JA-KA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SI-JA-KA/index.md>) (šawīqu): fine flour, semolina. Candidate.
- [OLE+TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BTU/index.md>): ṭuhūru 'purified/ritually clean oil'. Speculative.
- [JA-HA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-HA/index.md>) (Yāh(a)): Yāh, divine name; deity receiving offerings alongside Baal on HT28b. Speculative.
- [A-RU-DA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RU-DA-RA/index.md>) (Arum-adal): Arum-adal (Hurrian personal name), ar=o=m-adal 'The Strong one gave him'. Speculative.
- [I-TA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-TA-JA/index.md>) (ʾIttaya): personal name, 'with me (is God)', hypocoristic in -aya (cf. Hebrew ʾIttay). Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%2028a/) (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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