# HT 85b

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>)

## Text

1. [KI-KI-RA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-KI-RA-JA/index.md>)
2. [KI-RE-TA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RE-TA~E2~82~82/index.md>) 1
3. QE-KA 1
4. [PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA/index.md>) 1
5. TE-TU-\[…\] 1
6. [KA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA/index.md>) 1
7. [DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI/index.md>) 1
8. [ME-ZA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/ME-ZA/index.md>) 1
9. [RE-DI-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RE-DI-SE/index.md>) 1
10. WA-DU-NI-MI 1
11. [MA-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-DI/index.md>) 1
12. [QA-\*310-I](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-*310-I/index.md>) 1

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: complete

Men of the Kikkar (KI-KI-RA-JA): Kret(a) 1; QE-KA 1; PA 1; Tetu 1; KA 1; DI 1; corvée gang 1; Redis 1; WA-DU-NI-MI 1; the man of Maʾdi 1; smith or administrator(?) 1.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [KI-KI-RA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-KI-RA-JA/index.md>) | kikkarāya | (men) of the Kikkar, 'round district' (gentilic heading) | Speculative |
| [KI-RE-TA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RE-TA~E2~82~82/index.md>) | Kret(a) | Crete or Cretan | Probable |
| QE-KA |  | administrative roster label (unread) |  |
| [PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA/index.md>) |  | roster category logogram (unread) |  |
| TE-TU-\[…\] | Tetu | personal name; Ugaritic tt | Speculative |
| [KA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA/index.md>) |  | roster category logogram (unread) |  |
| [DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI/index.md>) |  | roster category logogram (unread) |  |
| [ME-ZA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/ME-ZA/index.md>) | massu | corvée gang, labour gang (personnel term); the word of MA-ZA | Candidate |
| [RE-DI-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RE-DI-SE/index.md>) | Redis | Egyptian personal name rdj⸗s 'the one she has given'; rival Safaitic RDS | Speculative |
| WA-DU-NI-MI |  | administrative roster label (unread) | Speculative |
| [MA-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-DI/index.md>) | Maʾdi | place name: the man of Maʾdi, 1 | Speculative |
| [QA-\*310-I](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-*310-I/index.md>) | qaynī | smith or cultic administrator; occupational title | Probable |

## Commentary

Reverse of HT85a. Eleven entries of 1 occur under KI-KI-RA-JA, with no written total. Surface damage affects the tablet, and TE-TU is damaged at the right edge. PA, KA and DI are logograms in SigLA's analysis; QE-KA and RE-DI-SE remain untranslated roster labels; ME-ZA is massu 'corvée gang'.

## Lexicon entries

- [KI-RE-TA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RE-TA~E2~82~82/index.md>) (Kirēta / Kret): Kret (eponym of Crete). Probable.
- [QA-\*310-I](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-*310-I/index.md>) (qaynī): smith or cultic administrator; occupational title. Probable.
- [DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI/index.md>) (dibšu): honey, fruit syrup—commodity abbreviation of *dibšu; rival dblt 'fig cake'. In personnel lists a separate single-sign abbreviation. Candidate.
- [KA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA/index.md>) (kapp): palm-measure, bowl (unit of dry/liquid measure; administrative commodity category). Candidate.
- [PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA/index.md>) (barr): barr- 'wheat, threshed grain'. Candidate.
- [DU-NI-MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-NI-MI/index.md>) (ʾadunim / ʾadunīm): (to) the lord / lords—recipient entry; written only as WA-DU-NI-MI 'and (to) the lord(s)'. Candidate.
- [ME-ZA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/ME-ZA/index.md>) (massu): corvée gang, labour gang (personnel term); the word of MA-ZA. Candidate.
- [MA-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-DI/index.md>) (Maʾdi): place name: a unit of men and livestock in the HT rosters; rival the Hurrian personal name Madi 'wisdom'. Speculative.
- [TE-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE-TU/index.md>) (Tetu): personal name; Ugaritic tt, syllabic te-et-te, tu-tu. Speculative.
- [KI-KI-RA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-KI-RA-JA/index.md>) (kikkarāya): (men) of the Kikkar, 'round district' (gentilic heading of a head-count roster). Speculative.
- [RE-DI-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RE-DI-SE/index.md>) (Redis): Redis (Egyptian personal name rdj⸗s), 'the one she has given'; rival Safaitic RDS 'Breaker'. Speculative.

## Images

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

## References

- Biella: Biella, Joan Copeland (1982), Dictionary of Old South Arabic: Sabaean Dialect. Scholars Press (Harvard Semitic Studies 25)
- 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 add28e94.