# HT Zd 157+156

A Linear A document: graffito from Haghia Triada.

- Site: Haghia Triada
- Object: Graffito
- Period: LMIB

## Text

1. WI-JA-SU-MA-TI-TI-A319
2. NE 1
3. NE 1 ¹⁄₂
4. A319 2 ¹⁄₄
5. A319 3 ³⁄₈
6. TA-JA ¹⁄₁₆

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: incomplete

HT Zd 157: WI-JA-SU [recipient's name] · MA-TI-TI 'gift' · A319 [unidentified commodity]. HT Zd 156: NE 1 · NE 1½ · A319 2¼ · A319 3⅜ · TA-JA 1/16.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| WI-JA-SU-MA-TI-TI |  | WI-JA-SU \| MA-TI-TI. WI-JA-SU is likely the recipient's name, with no reading. MA-TI-TI 'gift' (Heb. mattat, HALOT 656). The rival √š-m-ṭ parse needs TI-TI to write a geminate |  |
| A319 |  | unidentified commodity logogram, no sound value; five tokens in four documents. On HT Zd 156 it takes 2¼ and 3⅜ after two NE signs | Candidate |
| TA-JA |  | unread—a 2-consonant glide skeleton, within chance; probably a commodity/payer abbreviation on the final fraction line |  |

## Commentary

GORILA IV 132–35 presents HT Zd 156 (HM 53) and HT Zd 157 (HM 54) as separate stucco fragments from the same wall; their continuation is possible but not physically demonstrated. HT Zd 156 runs NE 1, NE 1½, A319 2¼, A319 3⅜, each figure half again the one before.

## Epigraphic note

GORILA IV 132–35: HT Zd 156 (HM 53) and HT Zd 157 (HM 54) are separate stucco fragments; their continuation is possible but not physically demonstrated. HT Zd 157 reads | · WI-JA-SU-MA-TI-TI-A319, opening with a stroke and a divider as A-JU · opens HT Zd 155, with no divider before MA and wear from SU through A319; MA is drawn differently in the two transcriptions. HT Zd 156 begins with two NE signs, then A319 2¼ and A319 3⅜. Five A319 tokens occur across HT132, HT Zd 155, HT Zd 156 (twice) and HT Zd 157; A319 has no sound value.

## Lexicon entries

- [MA-TI-TI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-TI-TI/index.md>) (mattitt(u)): gift. Candidate.

## 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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