Tablet · Haghia Triada
HT 89
- Site
- Haghia Triada
- Object
- Tablet
- Period
- LM IB
- Scribe
- HT Scribe 2
- Findspot
- Casa Room 7
- Edition
- GORILA I
Text5 lines
TranslationCandidate
The work-house of the sanctuary. Personnel classes: *305 23; A542 22; water(-men) 24; VIR+*313a 13; gatekeepers 5—total 87. Cyperus 2 + fraction; figs 2 + fraction; wine 6(?).
Word by word11 words
- A-SA-RA₂ʾasārathe work-house (heading)Candidate
- *307dubursanctuaryProbable
- *305 23personnel class: 23Probable
- JU+*317+QE 22personnel class A542: 22Confirmed
- MA-I-MI 24mayimiwater(-men), water-drawers: 24Speculative
- VIR+*313a 13VIR-class personnel: 13Confirmed
- TA-RA 5ṯa(ġ)ragatekeepers: 5Speculative
- KU-RO 87kuro 87total: 87Confirmed
- CYP 2¾A303/CYP 2 + fractioncyperus: 2 + fraction (often read 2¾)Probable
- NI 2¼FIC 2 + fractionfigs: 2 + fraction (often read 2¼)Confirmed
- VIN 6VIN 6wine: 6(?)Confirmed
Commentary
HT89 is a personnel list followed by a separate commodity section. A-SA-RA₂ is one group on the tablet: /ʾasāra/ ‘locked house, work-house’, with the vowels of Ebla ʔa₅-za-ru₁₂ (GlOS 1, 46), CANDIDATE; rivals /ʾasīr-/ ‘captives’ (Ug. åsr, DULAT 111; Akk. asīru, CAD A/2 331–32) and A + SA-RA₂ ‘concerning the queen’. Uchitel includes *305, A542, MA-I-MI, VIR+*313a, and TA-RA among qualifications of personnel. Their counts sum exactly: 23+22+24+13+5 = KU-RO 87. Only after that total do A303/CYP, AB30/FIC, and AB131a/VIN appear. *307 is dubur ‘sanctuary’ (PK Za 8 = PK Za 15); MA-I-MI ‘water(-men)’ and TA-RA ‘gatekeepers’ are SPECULATIVE. The expansions ‘sacrificers,’ ‘offerings,’ ‘perfumers,’ and ‘turtledoves’ are not established. Fraction values ¾ and ¼ are model-dependent, and the final wine numeral is damaged.