# ZA 4a

A Linear A document: tablet from Zakros.

- Site: Zakros
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: ZA Scribe 1
- Edition: [GORILA III](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_700>)

## Text

1. \[…\]
2. \[…\]
3. [\]E\[](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/E/index.md>)
4. PI-\[?\]-SE\[ 5
5. JA-TO-JA 3
6. [A-TI-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TI-RU/index.md>) 4
7. [JA-PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-PA/index.md>) 1
8. \[?\]-TU-ME-SE 18
9. [QE-SI-ZU-E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-SI-ZU-E/index.md>) 4
10. \*28B-NU-MA-RE 13
11. [SI-PI-KI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-PI-KI/index.md>) 5
12. E-\*82 50
13. [KA-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-DI/index.md>) 3

## Translation

- Status: incomplete

[…] 5; JA-TO-JA[…] 3; ʿAttiru 4; Yapaʿu 1[; [?]-TU-ME-SE 18; gift for the Heroes 4; wine-stewards 13; pourings 5; must 50; jars 3. (Verso ZA4b: WINE 104.)

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [\]E\[](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/E/index.md>) |  | damaged—line 3 fragment |  |
| \]PI-\[?\]-SE\[ 5 |  | damaged header or first entry, 5 units |  |
| JA-TO-JA |  |  |  |
| [A-TI-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TI-RU/index.md>) | ʿAttiru | personal name (ʿAṯtar theophoric), 4 units | Speculative |
| [JA-PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-PA/index.md>) | Yapaʿ(u) | personal name ('he shines'), 1+ unit | Speculative |
| \[?\]-TU-ME-SE |  | unread, 18 units |  |
| [QE-SI-ZU-E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-SI-ZU-E/index.md>) | qīši ṯuʿē | gift for the Heroes, 4 units; rival 'the noble's gift' | Speculative |
| \*28B-NU-MA-RE | yīnu-mārē | wine-stewards (personnel category), 13 units | Candidate |
| [SI-PI-KI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-PI-KI/index.md>) | šipkī | pourings (libation portions), 5 units | Candidate |
| E-\*82 | ʿasī(s) | must, new wine—the bulk lot, 50 units | Speculative |
| [KA-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-DI/index.md>) | kaddū | jars, 3 units—closes the list | Probable |

## Commentary

Context: LM IB clay tablet (HM 1615+2 frr., found by N. Platon in 1963; GORILA III, XIII), ZA Scribe 1. Recto: damaged opening, then a three-name Semitic roster with small allocations, then a commodity block of wine forms and vessels. Verso (ZA4b) reads VIN 104—visible recto numerals sum to 106 with two damaged numerals inside the margin, framing every entry as wine-denominated. Vocabulary trio QE-SI-ZU-E / *28B-NU-MA-RE / SI-PI-KI shared with ZA15a (explicit VIN carrier).

## Epigraphic note

GORILA III 149 normalizes .2 ]PI-[·]-SE[ ]5 and .4 [·]-TU-ME-SE 18: each is one word with a sign lost inside it (a middle sign in PI-[·]-SE, the first sign of [·]-TU-ME-SE, which follows JA-PA 1̣[ at the start of line 4).

## Lexicon entries

- [KA-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-DI/index.md>) (kadd): jar, jug (liquid container). Probable.
- [JI-NU-MA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JI-NU-MA-RE/index.md>) (yinumare): wine-lords, wine-stewards (personnel category). Candidate.
- [SI-PI-KI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-PI-KI/index.md>) (šipkī): pourings, libation portions (wine administration term). Candidate.
- [QE-SI-ZU-E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-SI-ZU-E/index.md>) (qīši ṯuʿē): gift for the Heroes (construct: Amorite qīšum 'gift' + ṯuʿ 'Hero, Noble'), a recipient of wine; rival 'the noble's gift'. Speculative.
- [A-TI-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TI-RU/index.md>) (ʿAttiru): ʿAttiru, personal name, the nisbe 'man of ʿAṯtar'; rival ʿatīru 'entreated'. Speculative.
- [JA-PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-PA/index.md>) (Yapaʿ(u)): personal name ("he shines"—Amarna Yapaḫu). Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/ZA%204a/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- Kvashilava, Gia (2014), On Reading and Identifying the Vessel Name KA-DI of Linear A Clay Tablets ZA 4 and ZA 15. 
- EA: Moran, William L. (1992), The Amarna Letters. Johns Hopkins University Press
- AS 21: Gelb, Ignace J. (1980), Computer-aided Analysis of Amorite. Assyriological Studies 21,The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
- DULAT: del Olmo Lete, Gregorio; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2015), A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition. Brill, Leiden/Boston (Handbook of Oriental Studies 1/112); Third Revised Edition, tr. and ed. Wilfred G.E. Watson; 2 parts
- CAD Q: Oriental Institute (Erica Reiner, ed.) (1982), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 13, Q. The Oriental Institute, Chicago; J. J. Augustin, Glückstadt
- 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.