# HT 41a

A Linear A document: tablet from Haghia Triada.

- Site: Haghia Triada
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: HT Scribe 14
- Findspot: Villa Magazine
- Edition: [GORILA I](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_698>)

## Text

1. \[…\]
2. \[…\]
3. [QE-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-TU/index.md>) 10
4. [\*305](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*305/index.md>) [\*304](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*304/index.md>) 10
5. [RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RE/index.md>) [\*304](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*304/index.md>) 10
6. [MI-DA-NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MI-DA-NI/index.md>) [PA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-JA/index.md>) 2 double mina

## Translation

- Status: complete

[...broken...] Small-portions: 10. Personnel category *305—fat(?): 10; for fat(?): 10. Loin-meat(?); Pay: 2 1/3.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| QE-TU 10 | qaṭun 10 | small portions: 10 | Speculative |
| [\*305](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*305/index.md>) |  | personnel category; exact class unknown | Probable |
| \*304 10 | pidru 10 | oil/fat-register commodity; perhaps fat or tallow: 10 | Candidate |
| RE · \*304 10 | le- · pidru 10 | for *304 (fat?) 10; RE=le- 'to, for' remains CONFIRMED | Candidate |
| [MI-DA-NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MI-DA-NI/index.md>) | mitāni | loins, hip meat | Speculative |
| PA-JA 2 | Pay 2 | personal name: 2 | Speculative |
| double mina | — | DD = 1/3 (two D signs, D = 1/6; not a double-mina weight standard) | Probable |

## Commentary

Context: Fat and meat commodity allocation—fragmentary beginning, Villa Magazine findspot, LMIB. Pairs with HT12 (same location, same period, shared *304 and QE-TU vocabulary).

Fragmentary tablet beginning. The personnel category *305 heads the *304 allocations. The RE preposition before *304 marks an explicit allocation. MI-DA-NI (mitāni 'loins') would complete the meat/fat inventory. Shares vocabulary with HT12 (same findspot): *304, QE-TU/QE-TU-NE.

## Epigraphic note

GORILA I 79: .2 QE-TU 10, complete at the start: the first transcription has no bracket, and QE sits at the smooth left edge.

## Lexicon entries

- [RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RE/index.md>) (le-): to, for, as (preposition). Confirmed.
- [\*305](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*305/index.md>): personnel-category logogram, a counted class of persons. Probable.
- [\*304](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*304/index.md>) (pidru): fat, tallow (an oil/fat-register commodity). Candidate.
- [MI-DA-NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MI-DA-NI/index.md>) (mitāni): loins, hip meat—choice cut on sacrificial fat allocation tablet. Speculative.
- [PA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-JA/index.md>) (Pay): personal name; Egyptian pꜣ.jj, the first element of PA-JA-RE. Speculative.
- [QE-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-TU/index.md>) (qaṭun): small (portions). Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%2041a/) (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
- Lane: Lane, Edward William (1863), An Arabic-English Lexicon. Williams and Norgate, London
- 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.