# HT 9a

A Linear A document: tablet from Haghia Triada.

- Site: Haghia Triada
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Findspot: Villa Magazine
- Edition: [GORILA I](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_698>)
- In 3D: [HT 9a–b](<https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-ht-9/index.md>)

## Text

1. [SA-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RO/index.md>) [TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE/index.md>) [VIN](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN/index.md>)
2. [PA-DE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-DE/index.md>) 5 ³⁄₄
3. [\*306-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*306-TU/index.md>) 10
4. [DI-NA-U](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-NA-U/index.md>) 4
5. [QE-PU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-PU/index.md>) 2
6. [\*324-DI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*324-DI-RA/index.md>) 2 ¹⁄₂
7. TA-I-AROM 2 ¹⁄₂
8. [A-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RU/index.md>) 4 ¹⁄₄
9. [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) 31 ³⁄₄

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

Royal allocation—contribution—wine: Padī 5¾; ʿAttu 10; Dīnāyu 4; the official 2; Sōdir 2½; TA-I-AROM 2½; Ḫaru 4¼. Total 31¾.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [SA-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RO/index.md>) | šarr | the king's account (heading) | Candidate |
| [TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE/index.md>) | terûmā | contribution (abbreviation) | Candidate |
| [VIN](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN/index.md>) | wayn | wine | Probable |
| [PA-DE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-DE/index.md>) | Padī | personal name (cf. Padi of Ekron) | Speculative |
| [\*306-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*306-TU/index.md>) | ʿAttu | personal name (cf. Hebrew ʿAttay; *306 = ʿa) | Candidate |
| [DI-NA-U](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-NA-U/index.md>) | Dīnāyu | personal name: hypocoristic of a √d-y-n name ('Judge') | Candidate |
| [QE-PU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-PU/index.md>) | qēpu | official, commissioner; rival: the personal name Qīpu | Speculative |
| [\*324-DI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*324-DI-RA/index.md>) | sōdir | one who sets in order (title or name; √s-d-r) | Speculative |
| TA-I-AROM |  | roster entry written with the aromatics ligature (unread) |  |
| [A-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RU/index.md>) | Ḫaru | Ḫaru (Hurrian personal name); rival the Semitic name Ḫayru 'Excellent' | Speculative |
| [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) | kull | total | Confirmed |

## Commentary

Recto of HT9a/b. Entries sum to 31 against KU-RO 31¾: residual −¾ (J+E), probably a scribal omission. HT9b presents a closely corresponding roster under the untranslated heading KA-*305.

## Lexicon entries

- [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) (kull): total, sum (accounting term). Confirmed.
- [DI-NA-U](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-NA-U/index.md>) (Dīnāyu): personal name: hypocoristic of a √d-y-n name ('Judge'). Candidate.
- [TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TE/index.md>) (terûmā): contribution, offering (terûmā), a transaction marker. Candidate.
- [\*306-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*306-TU/index.md>) (ʿAttu): personal name (cf. Hebrew ʿAttay). Candidate.
- [SA-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-RO/index.md>) (šarr): king; the king's account (heading and recipient). Candidate.
- [\*324-DI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*324-DI-RA/index.md>) (sōdir): one who sets in order (title or name). Speculative.
- [PA-DE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-DE/index.md>) (Padī): personal name 'redeemer' (p-d-y); recipient of wine. Speculative.
- [A-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RU/index.md>) (Ḫaru): Ḫaru (Hurrian personal name); rival the Semitic name Ḫayru 'Excellent'. Speculative.
- [QE-PU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-PU/index.md>) (qēpu): official, commissioner (title); rival: the personal name Qīpu. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%209a/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- CAD S: Oriental Institute (Erica Reiner, ed.) (1984), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 15, S. The Oriental Institute, Chicago; J. J. Augustin, Glückstadt

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