# ZA 10b

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. WA-\*362 2
2. [DU-RE-ZA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-RE-ZA-SE/index.md>) [\*131B](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*131B/index.md>) 5
3. [U-\*49](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-*49/index.md>) 6
4. [MA-ZA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-ZA/index.md>) 5
5. [MA-KI-DE-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-KI-DE-TE/index.md>) 5
6. [SA-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-MA/index.md>) 5
7. [A-DE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DE/index.md>) 4
8. [A-MI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-MI-TA/index.md>) 3
9. [RA₂-RO-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RA~E2~82~82-RO-RE/index.md>) 2
10. [PA-JA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-JA-RE/index.md>) 1
11. [KA-KU-NE-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-KU-NE-TE/index.md>) ¹⁄₂
12. TA 2
13. [DU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU/index.md>) 1

## Translation

- Status: incomplete

WA-*362 2; DU-RE-ZA-SE *131B 5; mother(?) 6; [...] ʾAddē ('Father') 4; [...] Lallor ('Mourner') 2; Payare 1; Kakku-ʿAnēt ½; du 1

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| WA-\*362 |  | unknown (heading?) | Speculative |
| [DU-RE-ZA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-RE-ZA-SE/index.md>) |  | unread |  |
| [U-\*49](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-*49/index.md>) | ʾummi | mother; or capital; rival 'and palm/tree produce' | Speculative |
| [A-DE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DE/index.md>) | ʾAddē | Father (hypocoristic personal name, ʾAdday); rival the kin title ʾad 'father' | Speculative |
| [KA-KU-NE-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-KU-NE-TE/index.md>) | Kakku-ʿAnēt | Weapon of Anat (personal name); rival Neith as the second element | Speculative |
| [RA₂-RO-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RA~E2~82~82-RO-RE/index.md>) | Lallor | Mourner (personal name, Akk. lallaru); rival Amorite Li-lu-ri | Speculative |
| [PA-JA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-JA-RE/index.md>) | Payare | He (of) Re: Egyptian personal name Pꜣ-Rꜥ (PNM v6) | Probable |
| [DU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU/index.md>) | du | that, of (relative pronoun) | Confirmed |

## Commentary

Context: Administrative tablet—commodity allocations with 10+ personal names

Large allocation tablet with 10+ names. KA-KU-NE-TE appears near PA-JA-RE (Egyptian theophoric), suggesting a mixed-origin name list. Partial translation—many names unresolved.

## Lexicon entries

- [DU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU/index.md>) (du): that, of (relative pronoun). Confirmed.
- [PA-JA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-JA-RE/index.md>) (Payare): He (of) Re: Egyptian personal name Pꜣ-Rꜥ (Gordon's Pꜣy-Rꜥ); Linear B pa-ja-ro. Probable.
- [A-MI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-MI-TA/index.md>) (ʾamita): handmaid (of the goddess). Probable.
- [SA-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-MA/index.md>) (samm-): herb, aromatic plant (commodity term in allocation lists). Candidate.
- [TAMIR](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TAMIR/index.md>) (tamir): proposed Semitic lexical name of the PALM/TREE sign. 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.
- [\*131B](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*131B/index.md>) (tirōšu): must, new wine (unfermented or partially fermented grape juice) — commodity logogram. Speculative.
- [A-DE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DE/index.md>) (ʾAddē): Father (hypocoristic personal name, ʾAdday); rival the kin title ʾad 'father'. Speculative.
- [KA-KU-NE-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-KU-NE-TE/index.md>) (Kakku-ʿAnēt): Weapon of Anat (theophoric personal name); rival Egyptian Neith as the second element. Speculative.
- [MA-KI-DE-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-KI-DE-TE/index.md>) (Majdat): personal name, 'glory' (feminine). Speculative.
- [MA-ZA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-ZA/index.md>) (mazza): corvée workers, labour gang (personnel term). Speculative.
- [RA₂-RO-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RA~E2~82~82-RO-RE/index.md>) (Lallor): personal name, 'Mourner' (Akk. lallaru); rival Amorite Li-lu-ri. Speculative.
- [U-\*49](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-*49/index.md>) (ʾummi): mother; rivals Akk. ummu 'capital', u- 'and' + PALM/TREE. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/ZA%2010b/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- CAD U/W: Oriental Institute (Martha T. Roth, ed.) (2010), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 20, U and W. The Oriental Institute, Chicago
- Kinlaw, Dennis F. (1967), A Study of the Personal Names in the Akkadian Texts from Ugarit. Brandeis University, Department of Mediterranean Studies (Ph.D. dissertation)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.