Tablet · Haghia Triada

HT 9b

Site
Haghia Triada
Object
Tablet
Period
LM IB
Scribe
—
Findspot
Villa Magazine
Edition
GORILA I

Text7 lines

Linear ATransliteration
  1. 1PA₃WA-JA-PI-[ ]
  2. 2—
  3. 3KA-*305PA-DE3A-SI
  4. 43*306-TU8*324-DI-RA2
  5. 5QE-PU2TA-I-AROM2
  6. 6DI-NA-U4
  7. 7KU-RO24

TranslationSpeculativeincomplete

PA₃ · WA-JA-PI[…]. Likewise: Padī 3, A-SI 3, ʿAttu 8, Sōdir 2, the official 2, TA-I-AROM 2, Dīnāyu 4. Total 24.

Word by word11 words

  • PA₃transaction sign, divider-bounded
  • WA-JA-PIunread
  • KA-*305ka-ḏāthus, likewise (ditto heading)Speculative
  • PA-DEPadīpersonal name (cf. Padi of Ekron)Speculative
  • A-SIpersonal name (unread)
  • *306-TUʿAttupersonal name (cf. Hebrew ʿAttay; *306 = ʿa)Candidate
  • *324-DI-RAsōdirone who sets in order (title or name; √s-d-r)Speculative
  • QE-PUqēpuofficial, commissioner; rival: the personal name QīpuSpeculative
  • TA-I-AROMroster entry written with the aromatics ligature (unread)
  • DI-NA-UDīnāyupersonal name: hypocoristic of a √d-y-n name ('Judge')Candidate
  • KU-ROkulltotalConfirmed

Commentary

Verso of HT9a: the same roster with smaller amounts, under a ruled heading. The second entry is A-SI; Younger allows A-RU, the HT9a name, which the image does not favour. KA-*305 ka-ḏā ‘likewise’ heads the repeated roster. Arithmetic exact: 3+3+8+2+2+2+4 = 24.

Linear A Lexicon