# ZA 20

A Linear A document: tablet from Zakros.

- Site: Zakros
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: ZA Scribe 3
- Edition: [GORILA III](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_700>)

## Text

1. \[…\]
2. [DU-RE-ZA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-RE-ZA-SE/index.md>) MI
3. 4
4. [SI-TE-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-TE-TU/index.md>) 1
5. [SI-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-TU/index.md>) 6
6. TE-AROM 12
7. RU-MA-TA-SE 3
8. [KU-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RA/index.md>) 130
9. \[…\]

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: incomplete

[…] DU-RE-ZA-SE, MI 4; woven cloth 1; garments 6; TE + aromatics 12; (men) of the Height 3; in all 130 […]

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [DU-RE-ZA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-RE-ZA-SE/index.md>) |  | heading word (unread) |  |
| MI |  | single sign with 4 |  |
| [SI-TE-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-TE-TU/index.md>) | šetātu | woven (cloth), 1; rival šittātu 'remainder' | Speculative |
| [SI-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-TU/index.md>) | sūt | garment, textile, 6 | Candidate |
| TE-AROM |  | TE (terûmā, contribution) with the aromatics logogram, 12 | Speculative |
| RU-MA-TA-SE | rūmatā + -SE | (men) of the Height, the -SE form of RU-MA-TA, 3 | Candidate |
| [KU-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RA/index.md>) | kulla | in all (total), 130 | Candidate |

## Commentary

Broken above and below; KU-RA 130, the total, closes the text, and .5 is vacant (GORILA III 193).

## Lexicon entries

- [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.
- [RU-MA-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RU-MA-TA/index.md>) (rūmatā): the Height (toponym of the Ramah/Ramoth type). Candidate.
- [KU-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RA/index.md>) (kulla): in all, total (accounting term), the -a form of KU-RO kull; rival a recipient. Candidate.
- [SI-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-TU/index.md>) (sūt): garment, textile. Candidate.
- [SI-TE-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-TE-TU/index.md>) (šetātu): woven (cloth), a textile entry; rival šittātu 'remainder'. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/ZA%2020/) (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.