# HT 9b

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. [PA₃](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83/index.md>)
2. WA-JA-PI-\[ \]
3. —
4. [KA-\*305](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-*305/index.md>)
5. [PA-DE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-DE/index.md>) 3
6. A-SI 3
7. [\*306-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*306-TU/index.md>) 8
8. [\*324-DI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*324-DI-RA/index.md>) 2
9. [QE-PU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-PU/index.md>) 2
10. TA-I-AROM 2
11. [DI-NA-U](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DI-NA-U/index.md>) 4
12. [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) 24

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: incomplete

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 word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [PA₃](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83/index.md>) |  | transaction sign, divider-bounded |  |
| WA-JA-PI |  | unread |  |
| [KA-\*305](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-*305/index.md>) | ka-ḏā | thus, likewise (ditto heading) | Speculative |
| [PA-DE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-DE/index.md>) | Padī | personal name (cf. Padi of Ekron) | Speculative |
| A-SI |  | personal name (unread) |  |
| [\*306-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*306-TU/index.md>) | ʿAttu | personal name (cf. Hebrew ʿAttay; *306 = ʿa) | Candidate |
| [\*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 |
| [QE-PU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-PU/index.md>) | qēpu | official, commissioner; rival: the personal name Qīpu | Speculative |
| TA-I-AROM |  | roster entry written with the aromatics ligature (unread) |  |
| [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 |
| [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) | kull | total | Confirmed |

## 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.

## 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.
- [\*306-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*306-TU/index.md>) (ʿAttu): personal name (cf. Hebrew ʿAttay). 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.
- [QE-PU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-PU/index.md>) (qēpu): official, commissioner (title); rival: the personal name Qīpu. Speculative.
- [KA-\*305](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-*305/index.md>) (ka-ḏā): thus, likewise (ditto heading). Speculative.

## Images

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

## References

- HALOT: Koehler, Ludwig; Baumgartner, Walter; Stamm, Johann Jakob; Richardson, M. E. J. (trans. and ed.) (1994), The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, vols. I–IV. E. J. Brill, Leiden · New York · Köln
- Lane: Lane, Edward William (1863), An Arabic-English Lexicon. Williams and Norgate, London
- 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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