*306-TI-KA-A-RE

the ancient, the noble (heading); rival 'became fertile'

𐙚*306*3066 entries𐘠TIAB3752 entries𐘾KAAB7757 entries𐘇AAB0882 entries𐘙REAB2751 entries
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Reading
ʿatīq+are
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*ʕatVq- ‘old, ancient, noble’ 1, ‘to go past, cross’ 2
Kind
Administrative
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Hebrew*ʿattîq*ʿattîq ‘old, ancient’, wəhaddəbārîm ʿattîqîm ‘and the records are ancient’ (1 Chr 4:22; HALOT 903)
  • Arabicʿatīqʿatīq ‘old; excellent, generous’ (Lane 1947)
  • Sabaicʿtkrʿtkr ‘become fertile (land)’, Ry 522/2 (Beeston 14), the rival

Attestations1 cited

  1. HT 4*306-TI-KA-A-RE

Commentary

HT 4: heads a short allocation list (DU-RI-TE 2, PA-RE, TA-PI-SI-DI 1). With *306 = ʿa, NWS √ʿ-t-q ‘be old, noble’ (Heb. ʿātīq, Arab. ʿatīq), with -A-RE a nominal suffix. Rival: Sabaic ʿtkr ‘become fertile (of land)’ (Beeston et al. 1982, 14; Ry 522/2), a t-infix stem of √ʿ-k-r, which covers the whole sequence, ʿa-ti-ka-(a)-re for ʿ-t-k-r, and suits a heading over an allocation list. The ʿ-t-q reading leaves -RE unexplained but has the broader NWS pedigree. Weak point: *306 = ʿa is a proposed value, which *306-TU ʿAttu (HT 9a, HT 9b, HT 119, HT 122a) and *306+MI ʿAmmī (HT 115b) also carry. See A-TI-KA.

On the 3D inscriptions

Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.

Linear A Lexicon