# ZA 7a

A Linear A document: tablet from Zakros.

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

## Text

1. [U-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-JU/index.md>) 5
2. [A-RA-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RA-TU/index.md>) 4
3. [A-RE-TU-MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RE-TU-MI/index.md>)
4. \[…\]

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: incomplete

Burnt offering 5; Earth(-offering) 4; Arṣ̂-ummī [broken]

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [U-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-JU/index.md>) | ʿūlū | burnt offering | Speculative |
| [A-RA-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RA-TU/index.md>) | ʾarṣ̂atu | earth (offering category) | Candidate |
| [A-RE-TU-MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RE-TU-MI/index.md>) | ʾarṣ̂-ummī | PN/epithet: 'Earth is my mother' (pre-Greek Artemis) | Candidate |

## Commentary

Context: Votive offering allocation: burnt and earth offerings dedicated under the earth-goddess epithet. Tablet broken after A-RE-TU-MI—original text longer.

Incomplete—tablet broken after A-RE-TU-MI (damage marker). Zakros tablet with votive allocations. All three words share a chthonic/earth-offering semantic field: burnt offering (ʿūlū), earth (ʾarṣ̂atu), and the earth-goddess epithet (ʾarṣ̂-ummī = pre-Greek Artemis). The A-RA-TU / A-RE-TU-MI co-occurrence strengthens both readings—same √ʾ-r-ṣ̂ root in bare noun and compound PN on a single tablet.

## Epigraphic note

A-RE-TU-MI runs from line 2 onto line 3; MI opens line 3, and the line continues into the break, so words or a number may have followed MI.

## Lexicon entries

- [A-RA-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RA-TU/index.md>) (ʾarṣ̂atu): earth (feminine noun—PS *ʾar(V)ṣ̂- "earth"). Candidate.
- [A-RE-TU-MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RE-TU-MI/index.md>) (ʾarṣ̂-ummī): Earth is my mother (NWS theophoric compound PN; pre-Greek Artemis). Candidate.
- [U-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-JU/index.md>) (ʿūlū): burnt offering. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/ZA%207a/) (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 50525edd.