# HT 86b

A Linear A document: tablet from Haghia Triada.

- Site: Haghia Triada
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: HT Scribe 6
- Findspot: Casa Room 7
- Edition: [GORILA I](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_698>)

## Text

1. [A-KA-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-KA-RU/index.md>)
2. [KU-NI-SU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-NI-SU/index.md>) GRA+K+L 20
3. [SA-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RU/index.md>) 20
4. DI-DE

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

[Erased draft of HT86a lines 1–3:] Agaru: emmer, GRA+K+L: 20; king/royal establishment: 20; DI-DE[…].

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [A-KA-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-KA-RU/index.md>) | Agaru | field or estate heading; possibly the deified Ugaritic 'Field' | Probable |
| [KU-NI-SU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-NI-SU/index.md>) | kunīšu | emmer | Probable |
| [SA-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RU/index.md>) | šarru | king, prince; rival 'barley' | Candidate |

## Commentary

Side b is an erased first text: GORILA I 135 sets every line in erasure brackets, 'texte actuel sur premier palimpseste'. It repeats HT86a lines 1–3 (A-KA-RU · KU-NI-SU GRA+K+L 20, SA-RU 20, DI-DE-RU 20) and is not an independent witness. DI-DE is the start of side a's DI-DE-RU; the erased text ends there.

## Epigraphic note

GORILA I 135: the whole face is erased ([[ ]], 'texte actuel sur premier palimpseste'), a first draft of HT86a lines 1–3 and not an independent lexical witness. A-KA-RU is safest as a field or estate heading; comparison with Ugaritic Ugaru, the deified Field, remains possible. GRA+K+L has unresolved metrological riders. DI-DE is legible but incomplete because the erased draft stops there; it begins side a's DI-DE-RU and is recorded as DI-DE[…], not translated as a complete word.

## Lexicon entries

- [KU-NI-SU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-NI-SU/index.md>) (kunīšu): emmer (Akkadian loan). Probable.
- [A-KA-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-KA-RU/index.md>) (Agaru): field, estate (heading); rival the Ugaritic god Ugaru. Probable.
- [SA-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RU/index.md>) (šarru): king, prince (administrative title/category). Candidate.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%2086b/) (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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