where $\mathcal {O} _K $ is a mixed characteristic complete discrete valuation ring with
perfect residue field. We first classify Hodge--Tate crystals by $\mathcal {O} _K $-modules
equipped with certain small endomorphisms. We then construct Sen theory over a non-
Galois Kummer tower, and use it to classify rational Hodge--Tate crystals by (log-) nearly
Hodge--Tate representations. Various cohomology comparison and vanishing results are …