A-DA-RA

the fibula, the pin; rivals ʾAdara 'the Strong One' (epithet), ʾaddart- 'mantle'

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Reading
ʾadra
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*ʾdr ‘to embrace’
Kind
Material
Language
Semitic
Rank
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Compared forms

  • Ugariticadradr (IV) ‘fibula’, pl. adrm, pldm b adrm ‘garments with fibulae’, KTU 4.4:5, beside Akk. edēru ‘to hug, embrace’ (DULAT 22; GlOS 1, 10); adr ‘mighty’; adrt ‘of good quality’ (DULAT 22)
  • Eblaitea-da-ra ʾadaraa-da-ra ʾadara ‘the strong one’, a name (Pagan 1998, row 558); ʔadar ‘strong’ (GlOS 1, 10)
  • Hebrewאַדִּירʾaddīrאַדִּיר ʾaddīr ‘mighty’; אַדֶּרֶת ʾadderet ‘mantle’ (construct ʾaddart-)

Attestations1 cited

  1. KN Zf 313D]SI[ ]SI-ZA-NE-*310 DA-DU-MI-NE QA-MI-*47-NA-RA A-WA-PI TE-SU-DE-SE-KE-I A-DA-RA TI-DI-TE-QA-TI TA-SA-ZA TA-TE-I-KE-ZA-REthe fibula, the pin (Ug. adr 'fibula', DULAT 22), first word of the second line

Commentary

KN Zf 31, a silver pin, first word of the second line (GORILA IV 155), before TI-DI-TE-QA-TI ‘fix it, you have fastened it’. ʾadra ‘the fibula’, Ug. adr (IV), pl. adrm, pldm b adrm ‘garments with fibulae’ (KTU 4.4:5; DULAT 22): the pin names itself at the head of the line that speaks of it. Rivals: ʾAdara ‘the Strong One’, an epithet after DA-DU-MI-NE, QA-MI-*47-NA-RA and A-WA-PI on the first line, sign for sign the Ebla name a-da-ra (Pagan 1998, row 558), ʾadar ‘strong’ (GlOS 1, 10), cf. Heb. ʾaddīr ‘mighty’ (Ps 8:2, 93:4); ʾaddart- ‘mantle’, Heb. ʾadderet (Gen 25:25; Josh 7:21, beside silver and gold; 1 Kgs 19:13), final -t unwritten. Spelling: ʾ dropped, single DA. See DI-DE-RU, A-DA-RO and DI-RE-DI-NA.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

KN Zf 31Knossosa-da-ra…
Linear A Lexicon