# \*118

> Linear A syllabic *118, proposed: ṭa.

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**Status: proposed.** A proposed value.

Evidence: ṭ reads both repeated words, DA-SI-\*118 šiṭṭâ and \*21F-\*118 ḥṭt 'wheat', and QA-\*118-RA-RE qṭr, QA-\*118 qṭ 'flax', I-QA-\*118 q-ṭ-ʿ (ṭ in Arabic and Aramaic; NWS q-ṣ-ʿ); d only \]QA-\*118-SA and \*118-MI; DA-SI-\*118 counts in the totals of HT13 and HT85a; standalone \*118 is the talent

## Phonetic value

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Value | /ṭa/ |
| Alternates | /da/, /ṯa/ |
| Linear B | B 118, value talent (L) |
| Linear B note | The talent, L, the largest weight unit (Bartoněk 2003, 126; Killen 2024, 141); no syllabic value |
| Neutralization class | emphatic_dental |

### Alternate values

| Value | Evidence |
| --- | --- |
| /da/ | \]QA-\*118-SA qōdeš 'holy' (HT70, broken before; HALOT 1076); \*118-MI dam 'blood' (ZA21a; HALOT 224) |
| /ṯa/ | \*21F-\*118 ḥaṯ 'unleavened bread' (DULAT 373); QA-\*118 quṯṯāʾ 'cucumber' (HALOT 1151) |

### Forms cited for the value

- DA-SI-\*118 = ḏā-šiṭṭa 'those of Acacia' (HT13, HT85a, HT99b, HT122a; Heb. šiṭṭâ, HALOT 1473), counted in the KU-RO of HT13 and HT85a
- \*21F-\*118 = ḥiṭṭa 'wheat' (KH88, ZA5a, ZA14, ARKH2; Ug. ḥṭt, DULAT 372)
- QA-\*118-RA-RE = qaṭar- 'incense' (HT96b; Ug. qṭr 'smoke', DULAT 709), in the slot HT96a fills with A-\*123-TE (AROM)
- QA-\*118 = qaṭṭ 'flax' (KH10; DULAT 708)
- I-QA-\*118 = iqṭaʿ 'divide!' (HT44a, HT131a), ṭ as in Arabic and Aramaic

### Note

Candidate (0.60). The emphatic dental, the one dental with no sign of its own: DA writes d, TA t, ZU and the T-series ṯ. DA-SI-\*118 writes DA and \*118 in one word, and no word alternates \*118 with DA or TA. Inside words it is syllabic: DA-SI-\*118 counts in the totals of HT 13 (wine, KU-RO 130½) and HT 85a (men, KU-RO 66), and \*21F-\*118 stands among names (ZA 14, ARKH 2). ṭ reads both repeated words, DA-SI-\*118 ×4 and \*21F-\*118 ×4, and QA-\*118-RA-RE qaṭar- 'incense' (HT 96b) in the slot HT 96a fills with the AROM word A-\*123-TE; also QA-\*118 'flax' and I-QA-\*118 iqṭaʿ, whose ṭ is Arabic and Aramaic (Hebrew, Ugaritic and Sabaic q-ṣ-ʿ; HALOT 1124; DULAT 705). d reads only \]QA-\*118-SA (broken) and \*118-MI; ṯ gives rivals only. No spelling variant or Linear B value checks it. Alone before a numeral, after a commodity sign or a separate entry, \*118 is the talent (HT 12, HT 24b, HT 38, KN 2), as Linear B \*118 L (Bartoněk 2003, 126; Killen 2024, 141); A-KU-JU-PA-\*118 35 (PA 1) may be either.

## Also in logograms

[\*118](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/lexicon/signs/logograms/star118/index.md>) has a logograms record.

## Lexicon words written with this sign

| Word | Proposed reading | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| \*21F-\*118 | ḥiṭṭa | Candidate |
| \*118-MI | ṭammi | Speculative |
| DA-SI-\*118 | Ḏā-šiṭṭa | Candidate |
| I-QA-\*118 | iqṭaʿ | Speculative |
| QA-\*118 | qaṭṭ(u) | Candidate |
| QA-\*118-RA-RE | qaṭara(re) | Probable |
| QA-\*118-SA | qaṭʿ-ša | Speculative |

## Linked from

- [\*118](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/lexicon/signs/logograms/star118/index.md>)
- [Syllabic signs](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/lexicon/signs/syllabic/index.md>)

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