# ZA 26a

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. [SI-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-TE/index.md>) DI-DI-\[
2. \*21F 13
3. JA-KI\[
4. \]KI\[
5. \[…\]

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: incomplete

The East: DI-DI-[…]; ewes 13; JA-KI[…

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [SI-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-TE/index.md>) | Ṣīt | the East, eastern Crete (place name) |  |
| \*21F | OVISf | ewes |  |

## Commentary

SI-TE heads the tablet, then DI-DI-[, broken after its second sign, and 13 ewes; JA-KI[ and ]KI[ are broken (GORILA III 202–203).

## Lexicon entries

- [SI-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-TE/index.md>) (Ṣīt): the East, lit. 'the going-out (of the sun)', a name for eastern Crete; rival ṣīt 'issue, outlay'. Candidate.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/ZA%2026a/) (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 50525edd.