# ZA 5a

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>)
- In 3D: [ZA 5a–b](<https://linear-a.ai/inscriptions/tpl-za-5/index.md>)

## Text

1. [\*21F-\*118](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*21F-*118/index.md>) VIN-SU
2. [KI-NI-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-NI-MA/index.md>) 7
3. O-TA-NI-ZA-SE 6
4. [SA-MI-DA-E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-MI-DA-E/index.md>)
5. \[…\]
6. \[…\]
7. \[…\]
8. \[…\]

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

Wheat; wine: priests 7; Otanizase 6. Semolina.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [\*21F-\*118](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*21F-*118/index.md>) | ḥiṭṭa | wheat; rivals ḫaṭṭu 'sceptre', ḥaṯ 'unleavened bread' | Candidate |
| VIN-SU |  | wine (logogram) + SU |  |
| [KI-NI-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-NI-MA/index.md>) | kihinīma | priests (plural + mimation) | Candidate |
| O-TA-NI-ZA-SE |  | recipient or toponym (opaque) |  |
| [SA-MI-DA-E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-MI-DA-E/index.md>) | samidē | semolina / groats | Candidate |

## 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.

## Lexicon entries

- [\*21F-\*118](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*21F-*118/index.md>) (ḥiṭṭa): wheat; rivals ḫaṭṭu 'sceptre', ḥaṯ 'unleavened bread'. Candidate.
- [SA-MI-DA-E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-MI-DA-E/index.md>) (samidē): groats, semolina, processed grain. Candidate.
- [KI-NI-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-NI-MA/index.md>) (kihinīma): priests (plural + mimation). Candidate.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/ZA%205a/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- KTU: Dietrich, Manfried; Loretz, Oswald; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2013), Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani und anderen Orten / The Cuneiform Alphabetic Texts from Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani and Other Places (KTU³). Ugarit-Verlag, Münster (Alter Orient und Altes Testament 360/1); ISBN 978-3-86835-014-2
- HALOT: Koehler, Ludwig; Baumgartner, Walter; Stamm, Johann Jakob; Richardson, M. E. J. (trans. and ed.) (1994), The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, vols. I–IV. E. J. Brill, Leiden · New York · Köln
- 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

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.