# HT 87

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. [\*21F-TU-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*21F-TU-NE/index.md>) [MA-KA-RI-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-KA-RI-TE/index.md>)
2. [PI-TA-KE-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-TA-KE-SI/index.md>) 1
3. [JA-RE-MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-RE-MI/index.md>) 1
4. [DI-KI-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-KI-SE/index.md>) 1
5. [QE-SU-PU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-SU-PU/index.md>) 1
6. [KU-RU-KU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RU-KU/index.md>) 1
7. A-RA-\[?\]-A-TU 1

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

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

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [\*21F-TU-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*21F-TU-NE/index.md>) | hatune | bridegroom/in-law category | Candidate |
| [MA-KA-RI-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-KA-RI-TE/index.md>) | makkārītu | merchants (heading) | Candidate |
| [PI-TA-KE-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-TA-KE-SI/index.md>) | Bīt-kissi | (man) of the throne-house, crown dependant; rival Hurrian PN Pidi-kešḫi | Speculative |
| [JA-RE-MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-RE-MI/index.md>) | Yarīm | personal name, '(DN) is exalted' | Speculative |
| [DI-KI-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-KI-SE/index.md>) | Dikise | personal name; possibly Hurrian | Candidate |
| [QE-SU-PU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-SU-PU/index.md>) | qaššāpu | PN or title: 'sorcerer / diviner' | Candidate |
| [KU-RU-KU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RU-KU/index.md>) | kurkū | saffron (or saffron-worker PN) | Candidate |
| A-RA-\[?\]-A-TU |  | unread, 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.

## Lexicon entries

- [\*21F-TU-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*21F-TU-NE/index.md>) (hatune): bridegroom, son-in-law. Candidate.
- [DI-KI-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-KI-SE/index.md>) (Dikise): Dikise, personal name, Hurrian tagiše 'beauty'. Candidate.
- [MA-KA-RI-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-KA-RI-TE/index.md>) (makkārītu): merchants (heading of a roster of men); rival 'red (wool)'. Candidate.
- [KU-RU-KU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RU-KU/index.md>) (kurkū): saffron, crocus (PN from plant term). Candidate.
- [QE-SU-PU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-SU-PU/index.md>) (qaššāpu): sorcerer, diviner (occupational title or PN). Candidate.
- [JA-RE-MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-RE-MI/index.md>) (Yarīm): personal name, '(DN) is exalted' (Amorite type). Speculative.
- [PI-TA-KE-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-TA-KE-SI/index.md>) (Bīt-kissi): (Man) of the throne-house, crown dependant (title); rival Hurrian PN Pidi-kešḫi. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%2087/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- EA: Moran, William L. (1992), The Amarna Letters. Johns Hopkins University Press
- GLH: Laroche, Emmanuel (1980), Glossaire de la langue hourrite. Editions Klincksieck
- AS 21: Gelb, Ignace J. (1980), Computer-aided Analysis of Amorite. Assyriological Studies 21,The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
- CAD K: Oriental Institute (A. Leo Oppenheim and Erica Reiner, eds.) (1971), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 8, K. The Oriental Institute, Chicago; J. J. Augustin, Glückstadt
- DULAT: del Olmo Lete, Gregorio; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2015), A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition. Brill, Leiden/Boston (Handbook of Oriental Studies 1/112); Third Revised Edition, tr. and ed. Wilfred G.E. Watson; 2 parts
- CAD M/1: Oriental Institute (A. Leo Oppenheim and Erica Reiner, eds.) (1977), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 10, M, part 1. The Oriental Institute, Chicago
- 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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