# HT 96a

A Linear A document: tablet from Haghia Triada.

- Site: Haghia Triada
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: HT Scribe 8
- Findspot: Casa Room 7
- Edition: [GORILA I](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_698>)

## Text

1. [I-TI-TI-KU-NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-TI-TI-KU-NI/index.md>) [A-PA-RA-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-PA-RA-NE/index.md>) A-\*123-TE
2. [SI-MI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-MI-TA/index.md>) [GRA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/GRA/index.md>) 5
3. [RU-SA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RU-SA/index.md>) 4
4. \*323-\*317 1
5. [PI-TA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-TA-RA/index.md>) 1
6. \*323-\*344 1
7. —
8. \]-KU-MA-RO [TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE/index.md>) [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) 20
9. [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) 2
10. —
11. \[…\]

## Translation

- Status: incomplete

Disbursed (I-TI-TI-KU-NI) · ʿAbrāne · A-*123-TE: Śīmat grain 5; Rusa 4; *323-*317 1; the agents 1; *323-*344 1. — ]KU-MA-RO: TE, figs 20; […] figs 2.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [I-TI-TI-KU-NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-TI-TI-KU-NI/index.md>) | (y)ittatkūni | disbursed; rival a heading name | Speculative |
| [A-PA-RA-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-PA-RA-NE/index.md>) | ʿabrāne | heading name, also on HT96b; 'the crosser' (√ʿ-b-r) or 'creator' (√b-r-ʾ); Amorite comparison Ḥa-pí-ra-an, *ʿapir-* (Huffmon, APNM p. 36) | Candidate |
| A-\*123-TE |  | heading word, in the slot of QA-*118-RA-RE on HT96b |  |
| [SI-MI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-MI-TA/index.md>) | Śīmat | recipient of grain 5; personal name (f.), on √ś-y-m 'to place, fix' (Amorite ŚIJM-AT-UM, Gelb no. 5893); rival Šimʿat | Speculative |
| [GRA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/GRA/index.md>) | grain | grain (logogram) | Probable |
| [RU-SA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RU-SA/index.md>) | Rusa | recipient; personal name | Speculative |
| \*323-\*317 |  | transaction sign + logogram |  |
| [PI-TA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-TA-RA/index.md>) | bidāla | trade agents, a personnel group drawing grain; rivals bitāri 'portions', a recipient's name | Speculative |
| \*323-\*344 |  | transaction sign + logogram |  |
| \]-KU-MA-RO |  | broken before KU |  |
| [TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE/index.md>) | terûmā | transaction or category sign; perhaps contribution | Candidate |
| [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) | NI | figs (commodity ideogram) | Confirmed |

## Commentary

Grain list under a heading of three groups (GORILA I 157: only the divider after I-TI-TI-KU-NI is certain, and TI-TI-KU, though attested alone, is not to be isolated here), then a ruled section headed ]KU-MA-RO with TE and figs; .5 and .6 have a trace to the left. A-PA-RA-NE also heads HT96b, where QA-*118-RA-RE stands in the slot of A-*123-TE.

## Epigraphic note

GORILA I 156–57: .5 ]KU-MA-RO · TE NI 20, with a trace to the left of KU (note .5). The break runs across the lower left, and KU stands partly on its edge. GORILA I 157: line 5 ]KU-MA-RO · TE NI 20; TE stands in the logogram column, dotted in the normalized transcription; one divider.

## Lexicon entries

- [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>): figs—commodity ideogram (FIC). Confirmed.
- [TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE/index.md>) (terûmā): contribution, offering (terûmā), a transaction marker. Candidate.
- [\*317](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*317/index.md>): commodity logogram counted in whole units; in A542 (HT 89) a personnel-class composite. Candidate.
- [A-PA-RA-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-PA-RA-NE/index.md>) (ʿabrāne): the crosser, the one from beyond (√ʿ-b-r, the ʿApiru word); rival 'creator' (√b-r-ʾ). Candidate.
- [I-TI-TI-KU-NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-TI-TI-KU-NI/index.md>) ((y)ittatkūni): which have been poured out—disbursed (derived-stem header); rival a heading name. Speculative.
- [PI-TA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-TA-RA/index.md>) (bidāla): trade agents, deputies, a personnel group drawing grain; rivals bitāri 'portions' and the names Paṭir, Batūl. Speculative.
- [RU-SA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RU-SA/index.md>) (Rusa): personal name; compare Egyptian rw-sȝ, one of the 'names of Crete' on BM EA 5647; rival Egyptian Rs 'he who is awake'. Speculative.
- [SI-MI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-MI-TA/index.md>) (Śīmat): personal name (f.), on √ś-y-m 'to place, fix'; rival Šimʿat. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%2096a/) (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
- GlOS 1: Sanmartín, Joaquín (2019), A Glossary of Old Syrian, Volume 1: ʔ – ḳ. Languages of the Ancient Near East 8/1,Eisenbrauns (Pennsylvania State University Press), University Park

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