Tablet · Zakros
ZA 5b
- Site
- Zakros
- Object
- Tablet
- Period
- LM IB
- Scribe
- ZA Scribe 1
- Findspot
- —
- Edition
- GORILA III
Text3 lines
TranslationCandidate
Wine-stewards: 20 — libation pourings: 1½ — Makīt: 3
Word by word6 words
- *28B-NU-MA-REyīnu-mārēwine-stewards (compound: wine + lords)Candidate
- 2020quantity: 20 units
- SI-PI-KIšipkīpourings, libation portionsCandidate
- 1½1½quantity: 1½ units
- MA-KA-I-TAMakītMakīt (f.), a recipient, 3Speculative
- 33quantity: 3 units
Commentary
Context: Wine administration — LM IB. Part of a 3-tablet Zakros wine distribution cluster (ZA4a, ZA5b, ZA15a) sharing JI-NU-MA-RE and SI-PI-KI; MA-KA-I-TA occurs only here and on PK1.
Wine administration tablet from Zakros. ZA4a, ZA5b and ZA15a share the pair JI-NU-MA-RE (wine-stewards, CANDIDATE) and SI-PI-KI (libation pourings, CANDIDATE); within the cluster MA-KA-I-TA (Makīt, SPECULATIVE) is unique to ZA5b. The allocation structure is word + quantity throughout: 20 units to the wine-stewards, 1½ units designated as libation pourings, 3 units to Makīt, the woman of PK 1. Scribe: ZA Scribe 1.