# KH 20

A Linear A document: tablet from Khania.

- Site: Khania
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: KH Scribe 3
- Edition: [GORILA III](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_700>)

## Text

1. \[…\]
2. \[…\]
3. [A-SI-KI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SI-KI-RA/index.md>) CYP+E
4. ¹⁄₃
5. \]DU-RE-ZA CYP+E ¹⁄₂
6. [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) ¹⁄₄

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: incomplete

[…] ha-Śikira: cyperus-fat ⅓; […]DU-RE-ZA: cyperus-fat ½; figs ¼.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [A-SI-KI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SI-KI-RA/index.md>) | ha-Śikira | personal name, 'the Hired'; rival haśkira 'he rewarded' | Speculative |
| CYP+E | kupru-ḥemʾat | cyperus-fat, ⅓ | Candidate |
| \]DU-RE-ZA |  | broken word |  |
| CYP+E | kupru-ḥemʾat | cyperus-fat, ½ | Candidate |
| [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) |  | figs (logogram), ¼ | Confirmed |

## Commentary

Broken above; .4 ]DU-RE-ZA (GORILA III 53).

## Lexicon entries

- [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>): figs—commodity ideogram (FIC). Confirmed.
- [CYP](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/CYP/index.md>) ((logogram)): cyperus, aromatic sedge (commodity logogram). Probable.
- [A-SI-KI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-SI-KI-RA/index.md>) (ha-Śikira): personal name, 'the Hired' (article ha- + SI-KI-RA); rival haśkira 'he rewarded'. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/KH%2020/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- GORILA III: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1976), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 3: Tablettes, nodules et rondelles édités en 1975 et 1976 (GORILA III). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 3); 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 50525edd.