Tablet · Haghia Triada

HT 87

Site: Haghia Triada
Object: Tablet
Period: LM IB
Scribe: HT Scribe 9
Findspot: Casa Room 7
Edition: GORILA I

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TranslationCandidate

Bridegroom category; merchants: (man) of the throne-house 1; Yarīm 1; Dikise 1; Qaššāpu 1; Kurkū 1; A-RA-[…]-A-TU 1.

Word by word8 words

*21F-TU-NEhatunebridegroom/in-law categoryCandidate
MA-KA-RI-TEmakkārītumerchants (heading)Candidate
PI-TA-KE-SIBīt-kissi(man) of the throne-house, crown dependant; rival Hurrian PN Pidi-kešḫiSpeculative
JA-RE-MIYarīmpersonal name, '(DN) is exalted'Speculative
DI-KI-SEDikisepersonal name; possibly HurrianCandidate
QE-SU-PUqaššāpuPN or title: 'sorcerer / diviner'Candidate
KU-RU-KUkurkūsaffron (or saffron-worker PN)Candidate
A-RA-[?]-A-TUunread, 1 unit

Commentary

Context: personnel register with no commodity logograms. Six entries of 1 unit follow the *21F-TU-NE and MA-KA-RI-TE rubrics. MA-KA-RI-TE is ‘merchants’, as on HT 117a (Ugaritic mkrm, DULAT 537); rival makritu ‘red’ (CAD M/1 138). PI-TA-KE-SI is bīt-kissi, a crown merchant (CAD K 593), rival Hurrian Pidi-kešḫi. Dikise is a possible Hurrian name; for the latter compare Laroche’s directly attested tagiše/tegiše ‘beautiful’ or ‘beauty’ and the Amarna personal name Tagi. One entry, A-RA-[?]-A-TU, is damaged.

Epigraphic note

GORILA I 137 normalizes .5 A-RA-[·]-A-TU 1̣: one sign-group with the third sign lost and no divider; its note offers A-RA-[·] 1̣ A-TU 1̣ as an alternative.