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Linear A tablet HT 38 (Haghia Triada) with 2 supersyllabograms, dealing with wine

Linear A tablet HT 38 (Haghia Triada) with 2 supersyllabograms, dealing with wine:

Linear A tablet TA HT 38 Linear A

This intriguing tablet apparently deals with containers for wine, ranging from a type of vase (daropa) to a wine-skin (aka) to cloth, which appears to have been treated to be water-proof. Since the ideogram for “pig” appears immediately to the left of aka, we can surmise that the wine-skin is made of pig’s hide. The notion that cloth containers could have been water-proofed is somewhat in doubt, but the overall decipherment of HT 38 appears sound enough.

 

3 responses to “Linear A tablet HT 38 (Haghia Triada) with 2 supersyllabograms, dealing with wine”

  1. ritaroberts Avatar
    ritaroberts

    WOW !! so interesting.

    1. vallance22 Avatar
      vallance22

      Yes, it is… and I hope the decipherment is OK.

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