# KH 91

A Linear A document: tablet from Khania.

- Site: Khania
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: KH Scribe 6
- Edition: [GORILA V](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_377>)

## Text

1. \[…\]
2. \]\[?\]
3. [GRA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/GRA/index.md>) 1
4. [VIN\[](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN/index.md>)
5. [\]\*316](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*316/index.md>) 1 13/20
6. [ZU\[](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/ZU/index.md>)
7. \]≈ ¹⁄₆
8. [TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU/index.md>) ¹⁄₁₆
9. [NI\[](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>)
10. [\]\*401+RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*401~2BRU/index.md>) ¹⁄₁₆
11. \*401+RA\[
12. \[…\]

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

[...] grain, 1; wine; beans, 1 13/20; garlic, ≈1/6; cattle, 1/16; figs; aromatic preparation, 1/16; aromatic [...]

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [GRA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/GRA/index.md>) | dagān | grain (logogram) | Probable |
| [VIN](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN/index.md>) | wayn | wine (logogram) | Probable |
| [\*316](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*316/index.md>) | kiššanu | beans, legumes | Candidate |
| [ZU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/ZU/index.md>) | ṯūm | garlic (logographic abbreviation) | Candidate |
| [TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU/index.md>) | ṯawr | cattle (logographic abbreviation) | Candidate |
| [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) | \*nikuleon | figs (commodity ideogram) | Confirmed |
| [\*401+RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*401~2BRU/index.md>) | ruqqû | aromatic preparation | Candidate |
| \*401+RA | — | aromatic preparation (variant ligature) | Speculative |

## Commentary

Context: Fragmentary mixed ration list (breaks at head and foot).

Fragmentary. ZU = garlic sits between legumes and cattle exactly where a Bronze Age ration list puts it.

## Epigraphic note

GORILA V 45: sup. mut., .1 ][·], a lost sign at the break, no divider; GRA and VIN dotted (its note allows KO for GRA); the last line reads *401+RA[, not *401+RO; inf. mut.

## Lexicon entries

- [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>): figs—commodity ideogram (FIC). Confirmed.
- [\*401](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*401/index.md>) (ruqqû): aromatic preparation, compounded ointment—commodity ideogram for perfumed/refined oil products. Probable.
- [\*401+RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*401~2BRU/index.md>): ruqqû-ru 'aromatic preparation (with phonetic complement RU confirming /ru-/ onset)'. Candidate.
- [\*316](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*316/index.md>) (kiššanu): bean or legume; food commodity in ration allocations. Candidate.
- [TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU/index.md>) (ṯawr): bull, cattle (logographic abbreviation of ṯawr; administrative commodity category for bovine livestock/products). Candidate.
- [ZU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/ZU/index.md>) (ṯūm): garlic (logographic abbreviation). Candidate.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/KH%2091/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- GORILA V: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1985), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 5: Addenda, corrigenda, concordances, index et planches des signes (GORILA V). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 5); 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.