# ZA 9

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. \]-NU-TI
2. ZA-\[
3. \]-RA QI+SI 5
4. \[…\]
5. \]RO-SI-RA QI+SI 4
6. A-TA-NA-\[?\] QI+SI 2
7. \[?\]-MA-JU \*21F 2
8. [WI-RA-RE-MI-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/WI-RA-RE-MI-TE/index.md>) \*21F 1

## Translation

- Tier: Speculative
- Status: incomplete

[…]-NU-TI · — ZA-[…] — […]-RA: QI+SI 5 — […] — […]RỌ-SI-RA: QI+SI 4̣ — A-TA-NA-[…]: QI+SI 2̣ — […]-MA-JU: ewes 2 — Calf of the Wild Cow: ewe 1.

## Word by word

| Word | Reading | Gloss | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| NU-TI |  | broken word, ]-NU-TI ·, heading |  |
| ZA |  | broken word, ZA-[ |  |
| RA |  | broken word, ]-RA; QI+SI 5 |  |
| RO-SI-RA |  | broken word, ]RỌ-SI-RA; QI+SI 4̣ |  |
| A-TA-NA |  | broken word, A-TA-NA-[·]; QI+SI 2̣ |  |
| MA-JU |  | broken word, [·]-MA-JU; ewes 2 |  |
| [WI-RA-RE-MI-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/WI-RA-RE-MI-TE/index.md>) | Wild-rēmti | Calf of the Wild Cow (personal name, compound); ewe 1 | Speculative |

## Commentary

GORILA III 166–167: allocations under the ]-NU-TI heading, the ligature QI+SI (SigLA A512) to three entries, ewes (*21F, Younger's OVISf) to the last two. Broken at the top and left, with an entry lost in the break before ]RỌ-SI-RA. ZA-[, ]-RA, ]RỌ-SI-RA, A-TA-NA-[·] and [·]-MA-JU are broken.

## Epigraphic note

GORILA III 166–67 line .4–5: A-TA-NA-[·] QI+SI 2̣, one word with its last sign lost and no divider after NA (note: "A-TA-NA-TE possible"); line .5: [·]-MA-JU *21F 2. GORILA and SigLA (OVISf) read *21F on .5 and .6.

## Lexicon entries

- [WI-RA-RE-MI-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/WI-RA-RE-MI-TE/index.md>) (Wild-rēmti): Calf of the Wild Cow (personal name, compound; wild 'young one' + rēmtu 'wild cow'). Speculative.

## Images

[The document in SigLA](https://sigla.phis.me/document/ZA%209/) (drawing and photographs, © École française d’Athènes).

## References

- CAD I/J: Oriental Institute (A. Leo Oppenheim, ed.) (1960), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 7, I and J. The Oriental Institute, Chicago
- CAD R: Oriental Institute (Erica Reiner and Martha T. Roth, eds.) (1999), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 14, R. The Oriental Institute, Chicago
- 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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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.