# KH 5

A Linear A document: tablet from Khania.

- Site: Khania
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: KH Scribe 2
- Edition: [GORILA III](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_700>)
- In 3D: [KH 5](<https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-kh-5/index.md>)

## Text

1. [A-DA-KI-SI-KA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DA-KI-SI-KA/index.md>) [A-RA-U-DA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RA-U-DA/index.md>)
2. [WI-SA-SA-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/WI-SA-SA-NE/index.md>) CYP+E 2
3. VINb+WI 2
4. [WI-NA-DU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/WI-NA-DU/index.md>) \*301-NA
5. [KU-PA-ZU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-PA-ZU/index.md>) [CYP](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/CYP/index.md>) 3 ≈ ¹⁄₆
6. [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) 2 𐝆𐝁

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: incomplete

Ḫadki-šiqā · Arwad ·: Wiššān, cyperus+E 2; wine+WI 2. Inatos · *301-NA ·: Kapizzi, cyperus 3[ and a fraction; figs 2 and fractions.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [A-DA-KI-SI-KA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DA-KI-SI-KA/index.md>) | Ḫadki-šiqā | Ḫadki gives drink (personal name), first word of the heading; rival 'Ḫadki is (my) dwelling' | Speculative |
| [A-RA-U-DA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RA-U-DA/index.md>) | ʾArwada | Arwad, second word of the heading | Speculative |
| [WI-SA-SA-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/WI-SA-SA-NE/index.md>) | Wiššān | Wiššān, 'Sleepy' (personal name), recipient of cyperus | Speculative |
| CYP+E |  | cyperus with E, 2 |  |
| VINb+WI |  | wine with WI, 2 |  |
| [WI-NA-DU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/WI-NA-DU/index.md>) | Winadu | Inatos, first word of the second heading | Speculative |
| \*301-NA |  | second heading, second word (unread) |  |
| [KU-PA-ZU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-PA-ZU/index.md>) | Kapizzi | Kapizzi (personal name); cyperus 3[ with a fraction | Speculative |
| [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) |  | figs (logogram), 2 with fractions | Probable |

## Commentary

KH Scribe 2, two sections each opened by a pair of words between dividers; cyperus, wine and figs to the entities named (GORILA III 25). A-RA-U-DA is written over an erasure (Younger, Linear A Texts).

## 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-DA-KI-SI-KA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DA-KI-SI-KA/index.md>) (Ḫadki-šiqā): Ḫadki gives drink (personal name; Ḫadki, a Mari-area name of Adad, + šiqā 'who gives drink'); rival 'Ḫadki is (my) dwelling'. Speculative.
- [A-RA-U-DA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RA-U-DA/index.md>) (ʾArwada): Arwad (island city of the Phoenician coast), an entity in a transfer. Speculative.
- [KU-PA-ZU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-PA-ZU/index.md>) (Kapizzi): Kapizzi (Hurrian personal name), 'kapizzi-jewel'; rival kupṯu 'headdress'. Speculative.
- [WI-NA-DU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/WI-NA-DU/index.md>) (Winadu): Inatos (place name on the south coast; Linear B wi-na-to). Speculative.
- [WI-SA-SA-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/WI-SA-SA-NE/index.md>) (Wiššān): Sleepy (personal name); rival √y-š-š 'aged'. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/KH%205/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- DMic II: Aura Jorro, Francisco, Diccionario Micénico, vol. II (CSIC 1993). 
- 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 add28e94.