A-DU *307+*307

Addu's sanctuary (Storm God + doubled sanctuary sign)

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Reading
Addu dubur-dubur
Confidence
Probable
Root
*hadad- ‘thunder’ + *dVb(V)r- ‘back, hind part’ 1, ‘descendants’ 2
Kind
Ritual
Language
Semitic
Rank
#70 of the top 100

Compared forms

  • Ugaritic𐎅𐎄hdhd(d) ‘Haddu (Hadad), storm god’ (see A-DU)
  • AkkadianAdduAddu (= Adad) ‘storm god’
  • Hebrewדְּבִירdəvîrdəvîr (דְּבִיר) ‘inner sanctuary’ (1 Kgs 6:5)

Attestations1 cited

  1. HT 85a3DA-DU *307+*307 VIR+[?]Storm god; rival adû 'work assignment'

Commentary

HT 85a .1 A-DU · *307+*307 · VIR+[?] ·, heading a personnel register of 66 workers. The middle sign is *307 written twice, joined by a top bar (A 638; GORILA I 131), as Montecchi also reads A 638 (2008, 316 n. 30). KA-RU · *307+*307 · VIR+KA heads HT 97a. The entry keeps the attested phrase whole: the theonym A-DU with the doubled *307. See DU-PU₂-RE.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 85aHaghia Triadaa-du*307+*307
Linear A Lexicon