# HT 8b

A Linear A document: tablet from Haghia Triada.

- Site: Haghia Triada
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: HT Scribe 2
- Findspot: Villa Magazine
- Edition: [GORILA I](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_698>)

## Text

1. [SU-PU₂-\*188](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SU-PU~E2~82~82-*188/index.md>) 1
2. —
3. 5
4. [PA₃-\*188](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83-*188/index.md>) 2
5. [QA-\*310-I](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-*310-I/index.md>) 1 ³⁄₈
6. [KA-PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-PA/index.md>) ¹⁄₂
7. [PA-JA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-JA-RE/index.md>) 1 ¹⁄₈
8. \*86+'\*188' ¹⁄₂
9. ¹⁄₂

## Translation

- Status: complete

Bowl of terebinth (pistachio) nuts: 1. [divider] 5. Terebinth: 2. Qaynī (smith or administrator): 1⅜. Village: ½. Payare: 1⅛. [*86]-terebinth: ½. [½].

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [SU-PU₂-\*188](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SU-PU~E2~82~82-*188/index.md>) | sapu buṭni | bowl of terebinth (pistachio) nuts (product) | Candidate |
| [PA₃-\*188](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83-*188/index.md>) | bu-buṭnu | terebinth (PA₃ a phonetic complement for the b-onset) | Candidate |
| [QA-\*310-I](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-*310-I/index.md>) | qaynī | smith or administrator (occupational title) | Probable |
| [KA-PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-PA/index.md>) | kapa(r) | village, settlement | Candidate |
| [PA-JA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-JA-RE/index.md>) | Payare | He (of) Re: Egyptian personal name Pꜣ-Rꜥ (PNM v6) | Probable |
| \*86+'\*188' | na-BUṬNU | terebinth compound (product subtype or modifier) | Speculative |

## Commentary

Context: Terebinth product accounting—commodity ledger with fractional quantities (⅜, ⅛, ½), tracking resin/mastic distributions to named recipients

Verso of HT8a. The recto records olive oil (OLE+KI) distributions; the verso records terebinth (*188) product distributions. QA-*310-I appears on both sides—the same recipient drawing from two commodity registers. Fractional quantities (⅜, ⅛, ½) suggest measurement of liquid or semi-liquid products (resin, oil). The phonetic complement PA₃-*188 confirms the /b/-onset reading of *188 as BUṬNU, paralleling the DUBUR pattern (*307-PU₂-RE). Five of six substantive words are in the lexicon (83%).

## Lexicon entries

- [PA-JA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-JA-RE/index.md>) (Payare): He (of) Re: Egyptian personal name Pꜣ-Rꜥ (Gordon's Pꜣy-Rꜥ); Linear B pa-ja-ro. Probable.
- [\*188](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*188/index.md>) (buṭnu): commodity ideogram, a Pistacia/terebinth product (resin, mastic or nuts). Probable.
- [QA-\*310-I](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-*310-I/index.md>) (qaynī): smith or cultic administrator; occupational title. Probable.
- [KA-PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-PA/index.md>) (kapa(r)): village, settlement (kapar); rival an institution. Candidate.
- [PA₃-\*188](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83-*188/index.md>) (bu-buṭnu): terebinth (PA₃ a phonetic complement for the b-onset). Candidate.
- [SU-PU₂-\*188](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SU-PU~E2~82~82-*188/index.md>) (sapu buṭni): bowl of terebinth (pistachio) nuts (commodity measured in bowl-units). Candidate.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%208b/) (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)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.