# ZA 10a

A Linear A document: tablet from Zakros.

- Site: Zakros
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: ZA Scribe 4
- Edition: [GORILA III](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_700>)

## Text

1. [TA-NA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-NA-TE/index.md>) 2
2. [PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA/index.md>) 1
3. [A-KU-MI-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-KU-MI-NA/index.md>) 1
4. [A-TA-NA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TA-NA-TE/index.md>) 1
5. [A-MI-DA-U](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-MI-DA-U/index.md>) 1
6. [A-DU-KU-MI-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DU-KU-MI-NA/index.md>) 1
7. [DA-I-PI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-I-PI-TA/index.md>) 1
8. [DU-RE-ZA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-RE-ZA-SE/index.md>) 2

## Translation

- Status: incomplete

Only word by word.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [TA-NA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-NA-TE/index.md>) | Tanāt | Tanāt, a variant of Tinit, the goddess TNT; A-TA-NA-TE ʾAtanat is a separate entry on the same tablet. | Candidate |
| [PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA/index.md>) | — | Logogram/abbreviation (unresolved) |  |
| [A-KU-MI-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-KU-MI-NA/index.md>) | ʾakmina | PN 'I shelter': 1cs ʾa- + √k-m-n 'hide, shelter' (HALOT 481); cf. Amorite Ia-ak-me-ni Yakmin- (Gelb 1980, no. 2909) | Speculative |
| [A-TA-NA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TA-NA-TE/index.md>) | ʾātanātu | The Giver (f.) — Athena etymology; √y-t-n 'to give' with y > ʾ weakening (feminine *yātanāt > ʾātanāt) | Speculative |
| [A-MI-DA-U](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-MI-DA-U/index.md>) | ʿAmmī-dāʿ(u) | My kinsman knows (Amorite sentence name) | Candidate |
| [A-DU-KU-MI-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DU-KU-MI-NA/index.md>) | ʾAddu-kumina | PN 'Addu has sheltered': A-DU + √k-m-n 'hide, shelter' (HALOT 481; Amorite Ka-mi-nu-um, Gelb 1980, no. 3970), built like A-DU-NI-TA-NA 'Addu has given'; cf. Heb. Ṣəpanyāh 'Yahweh has hidden' (HALOT 1049) | Speculative |
| [DA-I-PI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-I-PI-TA/index.md>) | Ṭayyibat | PN 'Good (f.)': Amorite DA-BA-TUM Ṭaybatum, a woman (Gelb 1980, no. 1409); LB da-i-pi-ta (KN Bk 799). Rival: DA-I + PI-TA | Speculative |
| [DU-RE-ZA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-RE-ZA-SE/index.md>) | — | unread; ends in -SE, as on ZA 10b and ZA 20 |  |

## Commentary

A roster of single words with numerals; PA 1 on line 1 stands in the logogram column, partly preserved (GORILA III 169). A-KU-MI-NA 1 and A-DU-KU-MI-NA 1 are names among names (A-MI-DA-U 1, DA-I-PI-TA 1), both from √k-m-n 'hide, shelter', not cumin allocations, since cumin is always measured (MY Ge 605 ku-mi-no Z 2).

## Lexicon entries

- [A-TA-NA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TA-NA-TE/index.md>) (ʾAtanat): ʾAtanat, 'She-who-gives'—feminine of √y-t-n 'to give' with I-y > ʾ; the etymon of Athena (di Mino, Ya Diktu 20). Probable.
- [PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA/index.md>) (barr): barr- 'wheat, threshed grain'. Candidate.
- [DU-RE-ZA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-RE-ZA-SE/index.md>) (turēṯa-se): for the must, new wine (terminative -SE); at Khania with the article, A-DU-RE-ZA ha-tīrāṯ 'the must'; rival √d-r-š 'demand, requisition'. Candidate.
- [A-MI-DA-U](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-MI-DA-U/index.md>) (ʿAmmī-dāʿ(u)): My kinsman knows (sentence name). Candidate.
- [TA-NA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-NA-TE/index.md>) (Tanāt): Tanāt, a variant of Tinit, the goddess TNT, feminine of √t-n-n 'sea-dragon'; rival a form of A-TA-NA-TE ʾAtanat. Candidate.
- [DA-I-PI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-I-PI-TA/index.md>) (Ṭayyibat): Good (f.) (personal name). Speculative.
- [A-DU-KU-MI-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DU-KU-MI-NA/index.md>) (ʾAddu-kumina): Addu has sheltered (compound theophoric PN). Speculative.
- [A-KU-MI-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-KU-MI-NA/index.md>) (ʾakmina): I shelter (verbal PN). Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/ZA%2010a/) (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.