# KH 7a

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. \[…\]
2. \]-NE-\[?\]-KI \*334 4
3. CYP+D 1[
4. \]I CYP+E ¹⁄₁₆
5. [E-NA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/E-NA-SI/index.md>) VIR+\*313b 10
6. CYP+D ¹⁄₂
7. [I-JA-PA-ME](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-JA-PA-ME/index.md>) [TA-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-TA/index.md>)
8. [QA-TI-KI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-TI-KI/index.md>) VIR+\*313b 4
9. CYP+D ¹⁄₃
10. [SE-\*305](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SE-*305/index.md>)
11. KU-\[?\]-KO-E VIR+\*313b \[ \]18
12. CYP+D 1 𐝕𐝉𐝫
13. 𐝫𐝁𐝌

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: incomplete

[…]NE-[·]-KI: *334 4; cyperus 1[…]; […]I: cyperus-fat 1⁄16. Men: *313b-men 10; cyperus ½. The brother-in-law of Tatta: Kattike, *313b-men 4; cyperus ⅓. Provisions: KU-[·]-KO-E, *313b-men […]18; cyperus 1 […]

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| \]-NE-\[?\]-KI |  | broken word |  |
| \*334 |  | logogram, 4 |  |
| CYP+D |  | cyperus, with the fraction sign D, 1[ | Probable |
| CYP+E | kupru-ḥemʾat | cyperus-fat, 1⁄16 | Candidate |
| [E-NA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/E-NA-SI/index.md>) | ʾenāš | men, people (section heading); rival copper | Candidate |
| VIR+\*313b |  | men of the *313b class, 10 | Confirmed |
| CYP+D |  | cyperus, with the fraction sign D, ½ | Probable |
| [I-JA-PA-ME](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-JA-PA-ME/index.md>) | yabame | brother-in-law (of Tatta) | Candidate |
| [TA-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-TA/index.md>) | Tatta | Hurrian personal name; rival the Anatolian name Tata | Speculative |
| [QA-TI-KI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-TI-KI/index.md>) | Kattike | Hurrian personal name, on kad- 'to say'; rival katki 'utterance' | Speculative |
| VIR+\*313b |  | men of the *313b class, 4 | Confirmed |
| CYP+D |  | cyperus, with the fraction sign D, ⅓ | Probable |
| [SE-\*305](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SE-*305/index.md>) | ṣēdā | provisions (section heading) | Speculative |
| KU-\[?\]-KO-E |  | broken word |  |
| VIR+\*313b |  | men of the *313b class, [ ]18 | Confirmed |
| CYP+D |  | cyperus, with the fraction sign D, 1 | Probable |

## Commentary

Three sections under E-NA-SI, I-JA-PA-ME · TA-TA and SE-*305, each with *313b-men and cyperus (GORILA III 29).

## Epigraphic note

GORILA III 29: .1 ]NẸ-[·]-KI *334 4, KI written small; the lost sign is not a divider; .2 CYP+D 1[, .3 ]I CYP+E K, .10 [ ]18; sup. mut. GORILA III 29: KU-[·]-KO-E across lines 4–5, one word with a sign lost. The following numeral [ ]18 may be 28 or 38.

## Lexicon entries

- [VIR+\*313](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIR~2B*313/index.md>): a counted class of men, VIR qualified by *313. Confirmed.
- [CYP](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/CYP/index.md>) ((logogram)): cyperus, aromatic sedge (commodity logogram). Probable.
- [E-NA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/E-NA-SI/index.md>) (ʾenāš): men, people (section heading); rival copper, bronze. Candidate.
- [I-JA-PA-ME](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-JA-PA-ME/index.md>) (yabame): brother-in-law (kin title); I-JA-PA-ME · TA-TA 'the brother-in-law of Tatta'; rival ybmt 'sister-in-law', Anat's epithet. Candidate.
- [QA-TI-KI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-TI-KI/index.md>) (Kattike): Kattike (Hurrian personal name), on kad- 'to say'; rival katki 'utterance'. Speculative.
- [SE-\*305](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SE-*305/index.md>) (ṣēdā): provisions (section heading); same word as SI-DA-TE ṣēdat. Speculative.
- [TA-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-TA/index.md>) (Tatta): Tatta (Hurrian personal name), stem tatt-; rival the Anatolian name Tata. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/KH%207a/) (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.