# HT 85a

A Linear A document: tablet from Haghia Triada.

- Site: Haghia Triada
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: HT Scribe 9
- Findspot: Casa Room 7
- Edition: [GORILA I](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_698>)
- In 3D: [HT 85a](<https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-ht-85a/index.md>)

## Text

1. [A-DU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DU/index.md>) \*307+\*307 VIR+\[?\]
2. [DA-RI-DA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-RI-DA/index.md>) 12
3. [PA₃-NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83-NI/index.md>) 12
4. [U-\*325-ZA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-*325-ZA/index.md>) 6
5. [DA-SI-\*118](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-SI-*118/index.md>) 24
6. [KU-ZU-NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-ZU-NI/index.md>) 5
7. [TE-KE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE-KE/index.md>) 3
8. [DA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-RE/index.md>) 4
9. [KU-RO\[](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) ]66

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

Addu—sanctuary(?)—personnel: Dardaʿ 12; builders(?) 12; stall/storehouse 6; those of Acacia 24; Kuṯinu 5; Tegi 3; the estate 4. Total 66.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [A-DU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DU/index.md>) | ʾAddu | Storm god; rival adû 'work assignment' | Candidate |
| \*307+\*307 |  | sanctuary (doubled *307, A 638) | Probable |
| VIR+\[?\] |  | men (personnel logogram) |  |
| [DA-RI-DA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-RI-DA/index.md>) | Dardaʿ | personal name | Speculative |
| [PA₃-NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83-NI/index.md>) | bānī | builder(s) | Candidate |
| [U-\*325-ZA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-*325-ZA/index.md>) | ʾubūs | stall or storehouse (PS *ʾabūs-), a standing unit like DA-RE | Candidate |
| [DA-SI-\*118](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-SI-*118/index.md>) | Ḏā-šiṭṭa | those of Acacia (a group of 24 men) | Candidate |
| [KU-ZU-NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-ZU-NI/index.md>) | Kuṯinu | personal name, 5 personnel; Ugaritic Kušinu (kṯn) | Candidate |
| [TE-KE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE-KE/index.md>) | Tegi | personal name; Hurrian tegi 'beautiful' (spelling of TE-KI) | Speculative |
| [DA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-RE/index.md>) | dār | estate, household | Candidate |
| [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) | kull | total | Confirmed |

## Commentary

Personnel roster associated with Addu; *307+*307 (A 638, *307 written twice; GORILA I 131) may denote a sanctuary, but that interpretation remains provisional. Arithmetic exact: 12+12+6+24+5+3+4 = 66. PA₃-NI plausibly denotes builders; the remaining labels need not be personal names.

## Epigraphic note

GORILA I 130–31: .5 TE-KE 3 · DẠ-RE 4, DA dotted in both transcriptions; .6 KU-RO[ ]66, broken after RO. What looks like a seventh unit on .6 is an accidental nail mark (note .6).

## Lexicon entries

- [A-DU \*307+\*307](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DU~20*307~2B*307/index.md>) (Addu dubur-dubur): Addu's sanctuary (Storm God + doubled sanctuary sign). Probable.
- [A-DU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DU/index.md>) (ʾAddu / adû): Addu/Haddu (heading); rival adû 'work stint'. Candidate.
- [DA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-RE/index.md>) (dār): estate, household (a unit receiving men and grain); rival 'kin group, clan'. Candidate.
- [DA-SI-\*118](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-SI-*118/index.md>) (Ḏā-šiṭṭa): those of Acacia (gentilic, a roster unit); rival the unglossed Dasiṭa. Candidate.
- [KU-ZU-NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-ZU-NI/index.md>) (Kuṯinu): personal name, as Ugaritic Kušinu (kṯn). Candidate.
- [PA₃-NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83-NI/index.md>) (bānī): builder (a personnel class). Candidate.
- [U-\*325-ZA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-*325-ZA/index.md>) (ʾubūs(a)): the stall, storehouse. Candidate.
- [DA-RI-DA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-RI-DA/index.md>) (Dardaʿ): personal name, 'thistle' (Hebrew Dardaʿ). Speculative.
- [TE-KE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE-KE/index.md>) (Tegi): Tegi (personal name; spelling of TE-KI). Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%2085a/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- HALOT: Koehler, Ludwig; Baumgartner, Walter; Stamm, Johann Jakob; Richardson, M. E. J. (trans. and ed.) (1994), The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, vols. I–IV. E. J. Brill, Leiden · New York · Köln
- Kinlaw, Dennis F. (1967), A Study of the Personal Names in the Akkadian Texts from Ugarit. Brandeis University, Department of Mediterranean Studies (Ph.D. dissertation)
- 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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