Tablet · Haghia Triada
HT 42+59
- Site
- Haghia Triada
- Object
- Tablet
- Period
- LM IB
- Scribe
- —
- Findspot
- Villa Magazine
- Edition
- —
Text7 lines
TranslationCandidate
[…]-TA · salt-works · offering: genuine oil 8, U-oil[…] 7. Royal allocation: genuine oil 8, U-oil 2; 2. KU-[…] oil[…]. [break]. Anointing oil 2. SU-DU […]. […] RE-TU: genuine oil ³⁄₄, U-oil [quantity lost].
Word by word11 words
- ]-TAend of a broken word. Not readable.
- SI+SEṣiṣethe salt-works (recipient of oil); rival Šipšu, the Sun-deitySpeculative
- TEterûmāoffering, contributionCandidate
- OLE+KIšamnu kīnugenuine oil (standard grade). 8 + 8 + ³⁄₄ units across three sectionsCandidate
- OLE+Ušamnu UU-grade oil (highest-frequency OLE compound, 22 att.; specific grade TBD). 7 + 2 + [qty lost] unitsCandidate
- SA-ROšarrthe king's account (oil)Candidate
- KU-[start of a broken word. Not readable.
- ]OLE[šamnuoil, broken on both sidesProbable
- OLE+MIšamnu mišḥāanointing oil (sacred/ceremonial grade). 2 unitsCandidate
- SU-DUunread
- ]-RE-TUunread
Commentary
Context: Oil allocation ledger: three oil grades (genuine/kīnu, U-grade, anointing/mišḥā) distributed under headings including the salt-works offering. Joined tablet (HT42 + HT59), Villa Magazine, LM IB.
Joined tablet (HT42 + HT59), 20 signs, 11 unique words. Oil-only allocation ledger—no grain, wine, or figs—suggesting a specialized oil store or ritual oil supply. Three oil grades appear: OLE+KI (genuine/standard), OLE+U (U-grade), OLE+MI (anointing). Structural pattern: heading (]-TA · SI+SE · TE, the first word broken before TA) → allocations → SA-RO royal-allocation block (coordinate with the salt-works block: same two oil grades) → allocations → KU-[ ]OLE[ (a broken word, then oil broken on both sides) → break → OLE+MI section → SU-DU and RE-TU, both unread: SU-DU may run on to a lost line, and a word may be lost before RE-TU.
Epigraphic note
On HT 59, A622 (OLE+MI) precedes SU-DU with no divider; SU-DU may run on to a lost line, and a word may be lost before RE-TU. OLE+MI’s 2 is not certain on the photo or facsimile.