*333-DI-SU-KA
In the charge of Sūka—custody formula + personal name on a sealed receipt
- Reading
- bīdi Sūka
- Confidence
- Speculative
- Root
- *bV-- ‘in’ + *yad- ~ *ʾid- ‘hand’
- Kind
- Administrative
- Language
- Semitic
- Rank
- —
Compared forms
- Ugaritic𐎁𐎄bdbd ‘in the hand, charge of’ (< bi-yadi) (Huehnergard 2012, glossary)
- Hebrewbĕyadbĕyad ‘in the hand of’
Attestations1 cited
- HT Wc 3009*333-DI-SU-KA *188
Commentary
HT Wc 3009, a roundel: *333-DI-SU-KA *188. With *333 = bi, bīdi ‘in the charge of’ (Ug. bd, DULAT 211) + Sūka, a name without a secure etymology. Pair of HT Wc 3010 *333-DI-NA-SU-KA. Weak point: *333 = bi rests on its three words. Rivals: the whole group a personal name; *333 as ZU (AB 79) after Facchetti, ZU-DI-SU-KA beside ZU-DI-SI-KA of IO Za 6 (Schoep 2002, 50), where the HT Wc 3009 sign has the form of *333 on HT Wc 3010. One attestation. See PA₃.
On the 3D inscriptions
Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.