# PH 3a

A Linear A document: tablet from Phaistos.

- Site: Phaistos
- Object: Tablet
- Period: MM IIIB
- Edition: [GORILA I](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_698>)

## Text

1. \]\*556 1
2. TA\[
3. \]\*557 1
4. \*563 𐝓
5. \]MA+RU 𐝓
6. [PA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-RA/index.md>) 𐝓
7. [\]PA\[](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA/index.md>)
8. ]1

## Translation

None proposed.

## Epigraphic note

GORILA I 291: .1 ]*556̣ 1̣ · TẠ[, .2 ]*557 1 · *563 𐝓, .3 ]MA+RU 𐝓 · PẠ-RẠ 𐝓, .4 ]PẠ[ … ]1̣. MA+RU is the wool ligature in its *558 form; *556, *557 and *563 are further MA ligatures, MA+[•], MA+A and MA+MA (Younger).

## Lexicon entries

- [PA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-RA/index.md>) (parr(u)): skin, fleece (a hide with its wool). Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/PH%203a/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## 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.