# ZA 14

A Linear A document: tablet from Zakros.

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

## Text

1. [ME-KI-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/ME-KI-DI/index.md>) 1
2. [\*21F-\*118](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*21F-*118/index.md>) 1
3. PU-NI-KA-\*363 3
4. [QA-TI-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-TI-JU/index.md>) 8
5. KU-PI 1
6. [TU-MI-TI-ZA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU-MI-TI-ZA-SE/index.md>) 45
7. [PA-NU-QE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-NU-QE/index.md>) 2
8. [JA-WI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-WI/index.md>)
9. \[…\]
10. \[…\]

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: incomplete

Majd 1; wheat 1; PU-NI-KA-*363 3; Qātilu 8; KU-PI 1; TU-MI-TI-ZA-SE 45; Panūq 2; Yawī.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [ME-KI-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/ME-KI-DI/index.md>) | Majd | personal name, 'glory', 1 | Speculative |
| [\*21F-\*118](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*21F-*118/index.md>) | ḥiṭṭa | wheat, 1; rivals ḫaṭṭu 'sceptre', ḥaṯ 'unleavened bread' | Candidate |
| PU-NI-KA-\*363 |  | personal name (unread), 3 |  |
| [QA-TI-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-TI-JU/index.md>) | Qātilu | personal name 'Killer', 8; rival Hurrian Katiya | Speculative |
| KU-PI |  | personal name (unread), 1 |  |
| [TU-MI-TI-ZA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU-MI-TI-ZA-SE/index.md>) |  | personal name or gentilic (unread), 45 |  |
| [PA-NU-QE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-NU-QE/index.md>) | Panūq | personal name, 'Pampered', 2; rival Amorite Banuq | Speculative |
| [JA-WI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-WI/index.md>) | Yawī | personal name, '(he) lives'; rival '(he) is' | Candidate |

## Commentary

JA-WI ends .4 at the original right edge, the last word of the text: the surface beneath it is blank, .5 keeps only traces at the broken lower left, .6 is vacat (GORILA III 180–181).

## Lexicon entries

- [\*21F-\*118](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*21F-*118/index.md>) (ḥiṭṭa): wheat; rivals ḫaṭṭu 'sceptre', ḥaṯ 'unleavened bread'. Candidate.
- [JA-WI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-WI/index.md>) (Yawī): personal name, '(he) lives', the bare form of the Amorite Yawi-DN names. Candidate.
- [ME-KI-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/ME-KI-DI/index.md>) (Majd): personal name, 'glory' (masculine). Speculative.
- [PA-NU-QE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-NU-QE/index.md>) (Panūq): personal name, 'Pampered'; rival Amorite Banuq. Speculative.
- [QA-TI-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-TI-JU/index.md>) (Qātilu): Qātilu (personal name), 'killer'; rival Hurrian Katiya 'He/She said'. Speculative.
- [TU-MI-TI-ZA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU-MI-TI-ZA-SE/index.md>) (tumtiṣa-se): for the fighting (terminative -SE), a levy of 45; rival tmtt 'team, crew'. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/ZA%2014/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- APNM: Huffmon, Herbert B. (1965), Amorite Personal Names in the Mari Texts: A Structural and Lexical Study. The Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore
- 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.