# PH(?) 31a

A Linear A document: tablet from Phaistos.

- Site: Phaistos
- Object: Tablet

## Text

1. \[…\]
2. \]A\[
3. \]RU CAPm+KU 1
4. [MA-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-DI/index.md>) \*21M 1
5. \*21F\[
6. \]-NE 1
7. [KU-PA₃-NU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-PA~E2~82~83-NU/index.md>) SUS+SI+RE 1
8. [PA-TA-DA\[](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-TA-DA/index.md>)
9. ]1
10. [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) CAPm+KU 1
11. \*21M 5
12. \*21F 3

## Translation

None proposed.

## Epigraphic note

GORILA I 319: .2 ends OVISf[, dotted, the form of OVISf on .4 (SigLA AB21/OVISf); .3 ]NẸ 1, broken before and dotted, no divider; .3 ends PA-TA-DA[ and .4 opens ]1. GORILA I 319: .3 writes SUS+SI+RE 1 in the logogram column (SigLA A1000): the pig head with SI set above it and RE free to its right.

## Lexicon entries

- [KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RO/index.md>) (kull): total, sum (accounting term). Confirmed.
- [KU-PA₃-NU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-PA~E2~82~83-NU/index.md>) (Kubānu): devotee of Kubaba (Kubaba + -ān-), personal name or title; rival Ugaritic Gupana/Gupan. Probable.
- [PA-TA-DA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-TA-DA/index.md>) (Patada): personal name; Egyptian Ptḥ-dj(⸗f) 'Ptah gives'; rival Hurrian pṭḏ (Ugarit). Candidate.
- [MA-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-DI/index.md>) (Maʾdi): place name: a unit of men and livestock in the HT rosters; rival the Hurrian personal name Madi 'wisdom'. Speculative.

## References

- GORILA I: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1976), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 1: Tablettes éditées avant 1970 (GORILA I). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 1); 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.