Tablet · Zakros
ZA 5a
- Site
- Zakros
- Object
- Tablet
- Period
- LM IB
- Scribe
- ZA Scribe 1
- Findspot
- —
- Edition
- GORILA III
Text4 lines
Linear ATransliteration
- 1*21F-*118VIN-SUKI-NI-
- 2-MA7O-TA-NI-ZA-
- 3-SE6SA-MI-DA-E[…][…][…]
- 4[…]
TranslationCandidate
Wheat; wine: priests 7; Otanizase 6. Semolina.
Word by word5 words
- *21F-*118ḥiṭṭawheat; rivals ḫaṭṭu 'sceptre', ḥaṯ 'unleavened bread'Candidate
- VIN-SUwine (logogram) + SU
- KI-NI-MAkihinīmapriests (plural + mimation)Candidate
- O-TA-NI-ZA-SErecipient or toponym (opaque)
- SA-MI-DA-Esamidēsemolina / groatsCandidate
Commentary
Context: Ration list: wheat and wine distributed to priests and a named recipient
Ration tablet from Zakros. Wheat (ḥiṭṭa) and wine head the tablet, then priests (7 units) and an opaque recipient (6 units), followed by semolina. Commodity pattern (wine + grain + priestly recipients) parallels HT89, HT95a/b.