# HT 96b

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. [A-PA-RA-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-PA-RA-NE/index.md>)
2. [QA-\*118-RA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-*118-RA-RE/index.md>) [\*516](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*516/index.md>) [GRA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/GRA/index.md>) 40 ³⁄₄
3. [OLE+U](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BU/index.md>) 4
4. [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) 2 ¹⁄₁₀
5. \[…\]

## Translation

- Status: complete

ʿAbrāne · qaṭara(?) · *516: grain 40¾; U-oil 4; figs 2 1/10.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [A-PA-RA-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-PA-RA-NE/index.md>) | ʿabrāne | heading name, also on HT96a; Amorite comparison Ḥa-pí-ra-an, *ʿapir-* (Huffmon, APNM p. 36) | Candidate |
| [QA-\*118-RA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-*118-RA-RE/index.md>) | qaṭara(re) | incense, incense-offering (√q-ṭ-r) | Probable |
| [\*516](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*516/index.md>) | šipru | transaction or account sign; written over an erasure (GORILA I 157) | Candidate |
| [GRA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/GRA/index.md>) | grain | grain/cereal (commodity ideogram) | Probable |
| [OLE+U](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BU/index.md>) | olive oil (U-type) | olive oil variant | Candidate |
| [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) | NI | figs (commodity ideogram) | Confirmed |

## Commentary

Heading A-PA-RA-NE · QA-*118-RA-RE · *516 over grain 40¾, U-oil 4 and figs 2 K (K = 1/10). A-PA-RA-NE also heads HT96a, where A-*123-TE stands in the slot of QA-*118-RA-RE. QA-*118-RA-RE = qaṭara (√q-ṭ-r 'to burn incense'), contingent on *118 = ṭa; the commodities include no aromatic. .4–6 are blank over an erasure, with an erased group and traces on .5 (GORILA I 157).

## Lexicon entries

- [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>): figs—commodity ideogram (FIC). Confirmed.
- [QA-\*118-RA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-*118-RA-RE/index.md>) (qaṭara(re)): incense, incense-offering (Semitic cultic term). Probable.
- [OLE+U](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BU/index.md>) (ʿuṣār): pressed oil (ʿuṣār). Candidate.
- [\*516](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*516/index.md>) (šipru): account, register (šipru), a transaction logogram. 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.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%2096b/) (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

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