# ZA 8

A Linear A document: tablet from Zakros.

- Site: Zakros
- Object: Tablet
- Period: LM IB
- Scribe: ZA Scribe 2
- Edition: [GORILA III](<https://linear-a.ai/bibliography/?w=src_700>)

## Text

1. [KI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RA/index.md>)
2. [A-TA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TA-RE/index.md>) [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) ¹⁄₂
3. [KU-TU-KO-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-TU-KO-RE/index.md>) double mina
4. [A-RI-NI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RI-NI-TA/index.md>) 1 ?
5. [TA-I-NU-MA-PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-I-NU-MA-PA/index.md>) ¹⁄₂
6. [MA-KA-I-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-KA-I-SE/index.md>) 2 𐝃𐝆
7. [DA-I-PI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-I-PI-TA/index.md>) 2 ¹⁄₂
8. [KA-I-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-I-RO/index.md>) 4 ?

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: incomplete

Garden: for Hathor, figs ½; Kutukkore, a fraction; She-of-the-Lion 1[…]; She-of-Memphis ½; Makī 2 + fractions; Ṭayyibat 2½; the measurer 4 + fractions.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| [KI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RA/index.md>) | kirû | garden, orchard (heading); alternatively liquid bitumen | Candidate |
| [A-TA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TA-RE/index.md>) | Hathar | Hathor (Egyptian goddess), for | Speculative |
| [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>) |  | figs (logogram), ½ | Confirmed |
| [KU-TU-KO-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-TU-KO-RE/index.md>) | Kutukkore | Hurrian personal name, with a fraction | Speculative |
| [A-RI-NI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RI-NI-TA/index.md>) | ʾarīnīt | She-of-the-Lion (priestess or cult title), 1[ | Candidate |
| [TA-I-NU-MA-PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-I-NU-MA-PA/index.md>) | Tainumapa | She-of-Memphis (Egyptian woman's name), ½ | Speculative |
| [MA-KA-I-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-KA-I-SE/index.md>) | Makī-se | Makī, with the Zakros -SE, 2 + fractions | Speculative |
| [DA-I-PI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-I-PI-TA/index.md>) | Ṭayyibat | personal name, 'Good (f.)', 2½ | Speculative |
| [KA-I-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-I-RO/index.md>) | kāʾil | the measurer (professional-title PN), 4 + fractions; rival a name on g-y-l 'to rejoice' | Speculative |

## Commentary

A fig issue headed KI-RA ·, names with fractions (GORILA III 165).

## Lexicon entries

- [NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NI/index.md>): figs—commodity ideogram (FIC). Confirmed.
- [A-RI-NI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RI-NI-TA/index.md>) (ʾarīnīt): She-of-the-Lion (feminine gentilic—priestess/cult title; cf. I-ZU-RI-NI-TA She-of-the-Bull). Candidate.
- [KI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RA/index.md>) (kirû): garden, orchard; rival qīru 'hot bitumen'. Candidate.
- [DA-I-PI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-I-PI-TA/index.md>) (Ṭayyibat): Good (f.) (personal name). Speculative.
- [A-TA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-TA-RE/index.md>) (Hathar): Hathor (Egyptian goddess). Speculative.
- [KA-I-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-I-RO/index.md>) (kāʾil): Measurer (professional-title PN), of grain; rival a name on g-y-l 'to rejoice'. Speculative.
- [KU-TU-KO-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-TU-KO-RE/index.md>) (Kutukkore): Kutukkore (Hurrian personal name). Speculative.
- [MA-KA-I-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-KA-I-SE/index.md>) (Makī-se): personal name: Makī with the Zakros -SE; Amorite maqīm 'Established'; rival the Egyptian name mkj. Speculative.
- [TA-I-NU-MA-PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TA-I-NU-MA-PA/index.md>) (Tainumapa): She of Memphis: Egyptian woman's name Tꜣ-n.t-Mn-nfr. Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/ZA%208/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- GORILA III: Godart, Louis; Olivier, Jean-Pierre (1976), Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, volume 3: Tablettes, nodules et rondelles édités en 1975 et 1976 (GORILA III). École française d'Athènes (Études crétoises XXI, 3); Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, Paris

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