# KH 6

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>)

## Text

1. CYP+D ¹⁄₂
2. DI-SI-\[
3. \]-TE-NU-RE\[
4. \]-KI-SA-NE CYP+D ¹⁄₂
5. \*347
6. [CYP](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/CYP/index.md>) ¹⁄₂
7. [RI-TA-JE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RI-TA-JE/index.md>) CYP+D
8. \*21M 1
9. CYP+D ¹⁄₂
10. MU 1
11. [PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA/index.md>)
12. [RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RE/index.md>) \*334 1
13. CYP+D ¹⁄₂
14. [PI-SA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-SA/index.md>)
15. CYP+D ¹⁄₂
16. [AU-RE-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/AU-RE-TE/index.md>) \*306 1
17. 8
18. [CYP](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/CYP/index.md>) 2 𐝆𐝁

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: incomplete

[…] cyperus ½; DI-SI-[…] — […]-TE-NU-RE[…] — […]-KI-SA-NE: cyperus ½; *347[…] — […] cyperus […] ½; Lītāy: cyperus ½[…] — […] *21M 1; cyperus ½; MU 1; PA[…] — […]-RE · *334 1; cyperus ½; Pīsa[…] — […] cyperus ½; ʾAwrēt · *306 1 — […] 8; cyperus 2 J+[…].

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYP+D |  | cyperus, with the fraction sign D, ½ | Probable |
| DI-SI |  | broken word, DI-SI-[ |  |
| TE-NU-RE |  | broken word, ]-TE-NU-RE[ |  |
| KI-SA-NE |  | broken word, ]KI-SA-NE; cyperus ½ |  |
| [RI-TA-JE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RI-TA-JE/index.md>) | Lītāy | (My) Might (personal name); cyperus ½[; rival Rašiyya | Speculative |
| [PI-SA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-SA/index.md>) | Pīsa | recipient name, before the break | Speculative |
| [AU-RE-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/AU-RE-TE/index.md>) | ʾawrēt | luminous one (f.); *306 1 | Probable |
| [CYP](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/CYP/index.md>) |  | cyperus, 2 with a fraction | Probable |

## Commentary

GORILA III 26–27 (KH Scribe 2): cyperus allotments of ½ (CYP+D J) to recipients, broken at the left and cut below. DI-SI, TE-NU-RE and KI-SA-NE are broken.

## Lexicon entries

- [RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RE/index.md>) (le-): to, for, as (preposition). Confirmed.
- [CYP](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/CYP/index.md>) ((logogram)): cyperus, aromatic sedge (commodity logogram). Probable.
- [AU-RE-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/AU-RE-TE/index.md>) (ʾawrēt): luminous one (feminine). Probable.
- [PI-SA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-SA/index.md>) (Pīsa): personal name, '(a bird)', Akk. būṣu; rival an institution; a recipient. Speculative.
- [RI-TA-JE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RI-TA-JE/index.md>) (Lītāy): (My) Might (personal name; lītu 'might, victory' + hypocoristic -āy); rival Rašiyya. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/KH%206/) (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 add28e94.