# HT Zb 160

A Linear A document: clay vessel from Haghia Triada.

- Site: Haghia Triada
- Object: Clay vessel
- Period: LM IB
- Edition: [GORILA IV](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_701>)
- In 3D: [HT Zb 160](<https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-ht-zb-160/index.md>)

## Text

1. [PA-TA-DA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-TA-DA/index.md>) [DU-PU₂-RE\[](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-PU~E2~82~82-RE/index.md>)

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

Patada: to the sanctuary.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [PA-TA-DA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-TA-DA/index.md>) | Patada | PN — Ptaḥ-di(w) 'Ptah-given' (Egyptian theophoric) | Candidate |
| [DU-PU₂-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-PU~E2~82~82-RE/index.md>) | dubur | sanctuary, inner sanctum | Probable |

## Commentary

Context: HT Zb series — vessel labels (owner/origin/destination formula, ancestor of the LB inscribed stirrup-jar practice). Single scriptio continua string.

Delivery/dedication label — an Egyptian-named individual consigning a vessel to the dubur.

## Epigraphic note

GORILA IV 67: PA-TA-DA-DU-PU₂-RE[, no divider, broken after RE at the sherd's edge. Two words: the space between DA and DU is nearly twice the others, and PA-TA-DA recurs on PH(?) 31a.

## Lexicon entries

- [DU-PU₂-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-PU~E2~82~82-RE/index.md>) (dubur): sanctuary, inner sanctum (dubur). Probable.
- [PA-TA-DA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-TA-DA/index.md>) (Patada): personal name; Egyptian Ptḥ-dj(⸗f) 'Ptah gives'; rival Hurrian pṭḏ (Ugarit). Candidate.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/HT%20Zb%20160/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- GORILA IV: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1982), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 4: Autres documents (GORILA IV). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 4); 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 add28e94.