# ZA 5b

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. \*28B-NU-MA-RE 20
2. [SI-PI-KI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-PI-KI/index.md>) 1 ¹⁄₂
3. [MA-KA-I-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-KA-I-TA/index.md>) 3

## Translation

- Tier: Candidate
- Status: complete

Wine-stewards: 20 — libation pourings: 1½ — Makīt: 3

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| \*28B-NU-MA-RE | yīnu-mārē | wine-stewards (compound: wine + lords) | Candidate |
| 20 | 20 | quantity: 20 units |  |
| [SI-PI-KI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-PI-KI/index.md>) | šipkī | pourings, libation portions | Candidate |
| 1½ | 1½ | quantity: 1½ units |  |
| [MA-KA-I-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-KA-I-TA/index.md>) | Makīt | Makīt (f.), a recipient, 3 | Speculative |
| 3 | 3 | quantity: 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.

## Lexicon entries

- [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.
- [MA-KA-I-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-KA-I-TA/index.md>) (Makīt): personal name (f.), the feminine of Makī (MA-KA-I-SE); rival the Egyptian name mkj·t. Speculative.

## Images

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

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